TY  - JOUR
EP  - 124
SN  - 10226680
SP  - 118
TI  - Flow behavior in the resin infusion of glass fiber reinforced polymer wind turbine blade
N1  - cited By 4; Conference of 8th International Materials Technology Conference and Exhibition, IMTCE 2012 ; Conference Date: 9 July 2012 Through 12 July 2012; Conference Code:97097
AV  - none
VL  - 686
JF  - Advanced Materials Research
A1  - Mohd Azlan, M.A.
A1  - Abdul Latif, M.R.
A1  - Abdullah, M.Z.
A1  - Zainal Abidin, K.A.
A1  - Abdul Wahab, A.
UR  - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84878242267&doi=10.4028%2fwww.scientific.net%2fAMR.686.118&partnerID=40&md5=6c7edf310002a74a3f0cab3b61d0d511
Y1  - 2013///
ID  - scholars3601
KW  - Darcy flows; Experimental observation; Flow monitoring; Glass fiber reinforced polymer; Infusion process; Resin infusion; Resin infusion process; Wind turbine blades
KW  -  Fiber reinforced plastics; Fibers; Fluid dynamics; Glass fibers; Molds; Polymers; Resin transfer molding; Resins; Turbomachine blades; Wind turbines
KW  -  Epoxy resins
N2  - This paper presents the monitoring of resin flow during resin infusion process in the fabrication of glass fiber reinforced polymer GRP wind turbine blade (WTB). The reinforcement of the composite was an E-glass fiber and epoxy type of resin was used as the matrix. The fabrication of composite WTB by resin infusion was conducted with the introduction of 'moldless' setup, where both upper and lower skins are covered by flexible mould/vacuum bag without any rigid female mould. A wooden core is used and acts as an "inner" mould to obtain the wind turbine shape. The manipulation of resin insertion i.e. two infusion strategies were designed as such that their travel length are varied. The whole infusion process was monitored and the flow front pattern was traced at certain time intervals to investigate the infused percentage area over time. Percentage of area infused over time was compared with the analytical plot based on Darcy's law. A good agreement was found between the experimental observation and the theoretical plot even with presumption of few constants parameters (viscosity, permeability, pressure gradient, etc.). © (2013) Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland.
CY  - Petaling Jaya
ER  -