Water droplet erosion of wind turbine blades: Mechanics, testing, modeling and future perspectives

M Elhadi Ibrahim, M Medraj - Materials, 2019 - mdpi.com
The problem of erosion due to water droplet impact has been a major concern for several
industries for a very long time and it keeps reinventing itself wherever a component rotates …

Prospective challenges in the experimentation of the rain erosion on the leading edge of wind turbine blades

L Bartolomé, J Teuwen - Wind Energy, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Developments in the wind industry reveal intricate engineering challenges, one of them
being the erosion on the leading edge of the wind turbine blades. In this review work, the …

On the material characterisation of wind turbine blade coatings: the effect of interphase coating–laminate adhesion on rain erosion performance

E Cortés, F Sánchez, A O'Carroll, B Madramany… - Materials, 2017 - mdpi.com
Rain erosion damage, caused by repeated droplet impact on wind turbine blades, is a major
cause for concern, even more so at offshore locations with larger blades and higher tip …

The effect of initial surface roughness on water droplet erosion behaviour

HS Kirols, D Kevorkov, A Uihlein, M Medraj - Wear, 2015 - Elsevier
Water droplet erosion (WDE) is defined as the progressive loss of original material from a
solid surface due to continuous im**ements of water droplets or jets. Several factors are …

Mathematical analysis of entropy generation in the flow of viscoelastic nanofluid through an annular region of two asymmetric annuli having flexible surfaces

A Riaz, A Gul, I Khan, K Ramesh, S Ullah Khan… - Coatings, 2020 - mdpi.com
In this manuscript, the authors developed the mathematical model for entropy generation
analysis during the peristaltic propulsion of Jeffrey nanofluids passing in a midst of two …

Analyzing rain erosion using a Pulsating Jet Erosion Tester (PJET): Effect of droplet impact frequencies and dry intervals on incubation times

AS Verma, CY Wu, MA Díaz, JJE Teuwen - Wear, 2025 - Elsevier
Accelerated laboratory testing is essential to understand the rain erosion behavior of coated
samples applied to the leading edge surface of a wind turbine blade. This study investigates …

Rain erosion-resistant coatings for wind turbine blades: A review

A Dashtkar, H Hadavinia… - Polymers and …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Wind blades are the most expensive parts of wind turbines made from fibre-reinforced
polymer composites. The blades play a critical role on the energy production, but they are …

Mechanical and interfacial characterisation of leading‐edge protection materials for wind turbine blade applications

I Katsivalis, A Chanteli, W Finnegan, TM Young - Wind Energy, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Modern wind turbine blades experience tip speeds that can exceed 110 m/s. At such
speeds, water droplet impacts can cause erosion of the leading edge, which can have a …

Rain erosion of wind turbine blades: computational analysis of parameters controlling the surface degradation

S Doagou-Rad, L Mishnaevsky Jr - Meccanica, 2020 - Springer
Parameters influencing the erosion behavior of the leading edges of wind turbine blade tips
are investigated. Recent enhancements in structural sizes of wind turbines operating at …

Hydrodynamic ductile erosion of aluminium by a pulsed water jet moving in an inclined trajectory

S Hloch, P Adamčík, A Nag, M Srivastava, D Čuha… - Wear, 2019 - Elsevier
This study addresses the erosion transition of an aluminium surface arising from the periodic
impact of a tangentially acting pulsating water jet (PWJ) with a spatial frequency of f= 20 kHz …