Upcycling of Decommissioned Wind Turbine Blades: An Investigation of Stress Distributions in Glass Fiber-Reinforced Polymers Beams
Changlang Wu, Jacob Wittrup Schmidt, Dario Parigi · 2026
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Retired wind turbine blades can start a second life as building beams, Changlang Wu, Jacob Wittrup Schmidt, and Dario Parigi show in a 2026 study. Blade material resists recycling without losing strength. Instead of shredding, the team keeps whole laminate sheets and glues them into laminated beams.
Glue joints, the design's key link, were tested under pulling loads. Beams laid flat carried eight kilonewtons at failure; beams on edge carried twenty. Stress maps across the beams complete the picture. A reuse path that keeps strength could spare landfills a flood of blade waste.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Changlang Wu, Jacob Wittrup Schmidt, Dario Parigi |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 63 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |