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Re-use of wind turbine blade for construction and infrastructure applications
RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, Materials and Production, Polymeric Materials and Composites.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2460-8160
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2020 (English)In: IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, IOP Publishing Ltd , 2020, Vol. 942, no 1, article id 012015Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

To achieve a more resource-efficient society with a future with reduced carbon dioxide emissions, new technological challenges must be dealt. One way to reach a more sustainable world is to start re-using end-of-life structures and waste and give them a Second Life"with a new function in the society. As composite structures are lightweight, strong, stiff and durable materials, there is great potential to re-use decommissioned composite for new resource-efficient solutions in the building and infrastructure sector. The present paper investigates innovative solutions in re-using wind turbine blades as elements in new bicycle and pedestrian bridge designs. Several conceptual bridge designs where wind blades utilized as load bearing elements were developed and studied. The main design requirements for pedestrian bridges were considered and assumptions regarding wind blades quality and their mechanical properties addressed based on interviews with industries working with wind turbine blades repair and recycling. The aim of this paper is to contribute to a sustainable use of fibre reinforced polymer (FRP) waste and at the same time provide a more cost-effective FRP bridges. In a larger perspective, the authors would like to highlight the economically profitable potential of recovering and reusing / re-manufacturing end-of-life glass FRP composites.

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IOP Publishing Ltd , 2020. Vol. 942, no 1, article id 012015
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URN: urn:nbn:se:ri:diva-50973DOI: 10.1088/1757-899X/942/1/012015Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85096488599OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ri-50973DiVA, id: diva2:1509761
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41st Riso International Symposium on Materials Science: Materials and Design for Next Generation Wind Turbine Blades, 7 September 2020 through 10 September 2020
Available from: 2020-12-14 Created: 2020-12-14 Last updated: 2023-05-10Bibliographically approved

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