Evaluation of the durability of composite tidal turbine blades by Peter Davies, Grégory Germain, Benoît Gaurier, Amélie Boisseau, and Dominique Perreux Philosophical Transactions A Volume 371(1985): February 28, 2013 ©2013 by The Royal Society
Tidal turbine test pyramid. Peter Davies et al. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 2013;371: ©2013 by The Royal Society
Test set-up for static cyclic tests in sea water. Peter Davies et al. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 2013;371: ©2013 by The Royal Society
Natural sea water ageing facility. Peter Davies et al. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 2013;371: ©2013 by The Royal Society
Weight gains in sea water. Peter Davies et al. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 2013;371: ©2013 by The Royal Society
Influence of wet ageing (sea water 60°C) on quasi-static flexural behaviour of E-glass/epoxy composites. Peter Davies et al. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 2013;371: ©2013 by The Royal Society
Influence of wet ageing (sea water 60°C) on fatigue behaviour. Peter Davies et al. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 2013;371: ©2013 by The Royal Society
Static flexural stiffness of blades. Peter Davies et al. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 2013;371: ©2013 by The Royal Society
Model turbine with strain-gauged composite blades before flume tank immersion. Peter Davies et al. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 2013;371: ©2013 by The Royal Society
Flume tank, IFREMER Boulogne Centre, showing wave generator. Peter Davies et al. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 2013;371: ©2013 by The Royal Society
Tensile strains on polyurethane blades at 100 r.p.m. Peter Davies et al. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 2013;371: ©2013 by The Royal Society
Strains and drag force measured on glass mat-reinforced blade versus TSR. (a) Strains for different flow speeds. Peter Davies et al. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 2013;371: ©2013 by The Royal Society
(a) Drag force and (b) reduced strain evolution with time and the fast Fourier transform. Peter Davies et al. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 2013;371: ©2013 by The Royal Society
Construction of digital model of blade using laser scanner. Peter Davies et al. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 2013;371: ©2013 by The Royal Society
Numerical model. Peter Davies et al. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 2013;371: ©2013 by The Royal Society
Example of model result showing velocity (m s−1) and pressure (Pa) fields around turbine blade (current flow 0.1 m s−1). Peter Davies et al. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 2013;371: ©2013 by The Royal Society
Influence of manufacturing quality on fatigue performance. Peter Davies et al. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 2013;371: ©2013 by The Royal Society
Current turbine prototype, for manufacturing study and cyclic tests. Peter Davies et al. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 2013;371: ©2013 by The Royal Society