Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Device subjecting a wind turbine blade to force and a system for fatigue testing of the blade
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Application No.: US17912944Application Date: 2021-04-29
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Publication No.: US12025094B2Publication Date: 2024-07-02
- Inventor: Cornelis Van Beveren , Morten Philipsen
- Applicant: LM WIND POWER A/S
- Applicant Address: DK Kolding
- Assignee: LM WIND POWER A/S
- Current Assignee: LM WIND POWER A/S
- Current Assignee Address: DK Kolding
- Agency: Nath, Goldberg & Meyer
- Agent Jerald L. Meyer; Tanya E. Harkins
- Priority: GB 06288 2020.04.29
- International Application: PCT/EP2021/061236 2021.04.29
- International Announcement: WO2021/219774A 2021.11.04
- Date entered country: 2022-09-20
- Main IPC: F03D17/00
- IPC: F03D17/00 ; G01M5/00
Abstract:
A device for subjecting a cantilevered wind turbine blade to transverse force during a fatigue test of the wind turbine blade, the device comprising:
a pivot arm having a longitudinal pivot arm axis and being pivotally supported in an arm supporting structure for pivoting about an essentially horizontal pivot axis,
a mass member being connected to the pivot arm, and
a coupling member providing a connection between the pivot arm and a blade fixture configured to be fixedly connected to the blade,
the pivot axis, the mass member and the coupling member being mutually spaced along the longitudinal pivot arm axis. The system comprises the device and an exciter configured for cyclically subjecting the cantilevered blade to a transverse reciprocating movement.
a pivot arm having a longitudinal pivot arm axis and being pivotally supported in an arm supporting structure for pivoting about an essentially horizontal pivot axis,
a mass member being connected to the pivot arm, and
a coupling member providing a connection between the pivot arm and a blade fixture configured to be fixedly connected to the blade,
the pivot axis, the mass member and the coupling member being mutually spaced along the longitudinal pivot arm axis. The system comprises the device and an exciter configured for cyclically subjecting the cantilevered blade to a transverse reciprocating movement.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230055216A1 A DEVICE SUBJECTING A WIND TURBINE BLADE TO FORCE AND A SYSTEM FOR FATIGUE TESTING OF THE BLADE Public/Granted day:2023-02-23
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