Host: The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
Name : Mechanical Engineering Congress,Japan
Date : September 11, 2016 - September 14, 2016
The sand erosion damage has occurred on the blade of wind power generation of the land. In the case of the blade of the offshore wind power generation, the rain erosion damage supposed to be occurred. In many cases, blades of wind power generation are made of GFRP (Glass Fiber Reinforced Plastics). In this study, we made a rain erosion tester, and erosion experiments were performed on GFRP. Considering the actual environment, experiments were also performed by the irradiation of ultraviolet. Moreover, the rain erosion behavior was discussed by the surface observation of the test pieces. As a result, it was found that there are differences with the erosion rate by the effect of ultraviolet.
