RESEARCH ON OPTIMIZATION METHOD FOR LOAD STABILITY OF WIND TURBINE BLADES

You Huipeng; Li Guohua; Zhang Yi'nan; Gao Meng; Sun Ankang; Zheng Bing

doi:10.19912/j.0254-0096.tynxb.2025-0097

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Acta Energiae Solaris Sinica ›› 2026, Vol. 47 ›› Issue (6) : 327-333. DOI: 10.19912/j.0254-0096.tynxb.2025-0097

RESEARCH ON OPTIMIZATION METHOD FOR LOAD STABILITY OF WIND TURBINE BLADES

You Huipeng¹, Li Guohua^1,2, Zhang Yi'nan^1,2, Gao Meng¹, Sun Ankang¹, Zheng Bing¹

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A load reduction method was provided by optimizing the aerodynamic configuration and structural design of the blades in this paper. The GH-Bladed computing platform was used to verify the blade performance and turbine load based on 6.25 MW wind turbine. The study finds that reducing the blade chord length has the most significant effect on reducing the blade root load, while the effect of reducing thickness on load reduction is not prominent. However, reducing blade thickness is a convenient method to improve aerodynamic performance while also weakening load. In addition, the laying thickness of the spar cap structure can change the blade flapwise stiffness to affect flapwise deformation. Expanding the blade flapwise deformation by adjusting the thickness of the blade spar cap to release concentrated stress is a novel method to promote the reduction of blade load generation.

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wind turbine blades / power generation / load analysis / stability / aerodynamic configuration / spar cap structure

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You Huipeng, Li Guohua, Zhang Yi'nan, Gao Meng, Sun Ankang, Zheng Bing. RESEARCH ON OPTIMIZATION METHOD FOR LOAD STABILITY OF WIND TURBINE BLADES[J]. Acta Energiae Solaris Sinica. 2026, 47(6): 327-333 https://doi.org/10.19912/j.0254-0096.tynxb.2025-0097

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