...Thomas M. Hermann; Dharmaraj Mamarthupatti; James E. Locke Postbuckling analysis of composite laminates representative of wind turbine blade substructures, utilizing the commercial finite element software ANSYS , is presented in this paper. The procedure was validated against an existing...

... reductions for severe waviness which can be introduced in resin infusion processes. The final section presents new fatigue results for large-tow carbon/fiberglass hybrid composites. Epoxy resin laminates show marginally higher compressive strength and fatigue resistance with carbon fibers. Improved...