Abstract: The Long-term Inflow and Structural Test (LIST) program is collecting long-term, continuous inflow and structural response data to characterize the spectrum of loads on wind turbines. A heavily ...

Abstract: The fatigue analysis of a wind turbine blade typically depends on converting time-series data to a series of load cycles using one of several cyclic counting algorithms. However, many structural ...

Abstract: The methods commonly used for sampling the coarser surface layers of gravel‐bed streams are reviewed. It is found that while an areal sample is biased toward the coarser grains compared with a volumetric sample of the same ...

Abstract: In many analyses of composite wind turbine blades, the effects of mean stress on the determination of damage are either ignored completely or they are characterized inadequately. An updated ...

Abstract: The robust estimation of wind turbine design loads for service lifetimes of 30 to 50 years that are based on limited field measurements is a challenging problem. Estimating the long-term load ...

Abstract: have recently presented an updated constant-life diagram (CLD) for a fiberglass composite that is a typical wind turbine blade material. Their formulation uses the MSU/DOE fatigue data base to ...

Abstract: The development of the phreatic surface in a stable tailings dam is investigated by using centrifuge simulation techniques and analytical techniques. The centrifuge simulations, conducted on an 8 m radius machine, use a ...

Abstract: A design method for the estimation of equilibrium depths of local scour at bridge piers is presented. The method is based upon envelope curves drawn to experimental data derived mostly from laboratory experiments. The ...