DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF AXIAL FLOW WIND TURBINE ROTOR BLADE

A PROJECT REPORT

Submitted by
. (953013101003)
(953013101013)
(953013101019)
(953013101020)
In partial fulfillment for the award of the degree

Of

BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING

IN

AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

ST.MOTHER THERESA ENGINEERING COLLEGE

VAGAIKULAM
ANNA UNIVERSITY : CHENNAI 600025
 BONAFIDE CERTIFICATE

This is to certify that the Design Project of

DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF AXIAL FLOW WIND TURBINE ROTOR BLADE
Report titled being submitted by (953013101003).(953013101013),
(953013101020) (953013101019) to the Department of Aeronautical
Engineering, ST.MOTHER THERESA ENGINEERING
COLLEGE,VAGAIKULAM as for the partial fulfillment of the
requirements for the award of degree of Bachelor of Engineering

SIGNATURE SIGNATURE

Head of the Department, Staff In charge,

Aeronautical Engineering, Aeronautical Engineering,

St. Mother Theresa St. Mother Theresa

Engineering college, Engineering college,

Thoothukudi , district. Thoothukudi, district,

Vagaikulam Vagaikulam

Submitted for the B.E, DEGREE, Aircraft Design Project Viva voice held
at ST .Mother Theresa Engineering college, Vagaikulam on

INTERNAL EXAMINER EXTERNAL EXAMINER

 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

First and foremost, wish to acknowledgement our department to the ALMIGHTY

who give us knowledge and good health, We would like to express to the chairman
of our college Dr.CLETUS BABU,Ph..D for providing better working
environments and education facilities.

We are very much grateful to our principal DR.S.JERALD JEBA KUMAR

M.E,Ph.D. and MR.S.RAMASWAMY,M.E,Ph..D, Head of the Department and
MR. DINESH EDISON,M.E Supervisior for the encouragement discussion
valuable comments and many innovative ideas in carrying out this project. without
this timely help it would have been impossible for us to complete this work.

We most sincerely acknowledgement all the staff members of

department of aeronautical engineering for their constant inspiration and
suggestion.
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1 CHAPTER -1
1.1 Introduction 7
1.2 Blade materials 8
1.3 Blade properties 8
1.4 Blade profiles 9
1.5 Blade specification 9
2 CHAPTER -2
LITERATURE SURVEY 10
2.1 blade element/wake moment method 10
3 CHAPTER -3
3.1 Wind Turbine 12
3.2 Components of horizontal axis wind turbine 15
4 CHAPTER -4
OBJECTIVES AND DEFINITION
4.1 Objectives 20
4.2 Problem definition. 20
5 CHAPTER -5
CALCULATION AND DESIGN TERMNOLOGY
5.1 Calculation 21
5.2 Blade terminology 22
6 CHAPTER - 6
MODELLING AND ANALYSIS
6.1 design procedure 25
6.2 Static Analysis 26
6.2 (A) Glass fibre 34
6.2 (B) Carbon Fibre 36
6.2(C) Kelvar Glass 48
6.2 (D) E-Glass 60
7 Conclusion 71
8 REFERENCE 72
6.2 Static Analysis