Abstract:

Wind turbines harvest wind energy and transform it into electricity every day, offering a sustainable energy source. The case study for this research was a HAWT (horizontal-axis wind turbine). General Electric's 1.5 MW series of HAWT was examined using a finite element FE modelling approach. The one-way connection was subjected to a fluid-mechanical, fluid-structural interaction (FSI) investigation. The maximum distortion energy theory may be used to determine the maximum value of strains on a HAWT, and total deformation at various speeds was discovered to be at 7, 10, 12, 15, and 20 m/s. Five composite materials were compared, including epoxy-S-glass, epoxy-e-glass, epoxy-carbon, Kevlar, and Technora. The reported results and the CFD and mode shape values agreed reasonably well.<

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