Evaluation of the thermal damage in glass fiber polymer-matrix composites in wind turbine blades subjected to lightning strike

Engineering & Materials Science

• Polymer matrix composites 80%
• Lightning 65%
• Glass fibers 59%
• Turbomachine blades 58%
• Wind turbines 52%
• Hot Temperature 29%
• Composite materials 22%
• Electric currents 17%
• Esters 16%
• Resins 13%
• Sublimation 10%
• Induced currents 9%
• Phase transitions 7%
• Composite structures 7%
• Delamination 7%
• Thermodynamic properties 7%
• Laminates 6%
• Heat flux 6%
• Temperature distribution 6%
• Temperature 6%
• Glass 6%
• Decomposition 5%
• Fibers 5%
• Cracks 5%
• Heat transfer 5%
• Finite element method 4%

Chemical Compounds

• Lightning 100%
• Turbine 80%
• Reinforced Plastic 74%
• Glass 41%
• Fiber 39%
• Composite Material 26%
• Surface Damage 13%
• Models (Physical) 11%
• Ester 10%
• Delamination 10%
• Sublimation 9%
• Heat 6%
• Decomposition 5%
• Surface 5%