TY - JOUR
T1 - Failure analysis of gas and wind turbine blades
T2 - A review
AU - Mourad, Abdel Hamid I.
AU - Almomani, Abdulla
AU - Ahmad Sheikh, Irfan
AU - Elsheikh, Ammar H.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to acknowledge UAE University for providing the facilities and funds through Materials library (#31N392) - Industry 4.0 district project.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2023/4
Y1 - 2023/4
N2 - The energy transition is growly rapidly. Yet, energy security and sustainability are still global concerns. The transition from fossil based, e.g., gas, to renewables, e.g., wind, hence, require reliable equipment and accurate lifetime predictions. Therefore, this review study is focused on turbine blades failures analysis with respect to their applications, materials, and operational conditions. Several cases relating the damage mechanisms associated with blades failures, e.g., corrosion-erosion, carbides precipitation, oxidation, coating degradation, high and low cycle fatigue, and creep, are discussed. To converge the topic, the work focuses on gas and wind turbine blades only. In addition, it sheds lights on several lifetime and failure prediction models and outlines recent trends in the additive manufacturing of turbine blades, e.g., core and microstructural grading. Lastly, it highlights several future research gaps that can aid in preventing similar failures.
AB - The energy transition is growly rapidly. Yet, energy security and sustainability are still global concerns. The transition from fossil based, e.g., gas, to renewables, e.g., wind, hence, require reliable equipment and accurate lifetime predictions. Therefore, this review study is focused on turbine blades failures analysis with respect to their applications, materials, and operational conditions. Several cases relating the damage mechanisms associated with blades failures, e.g., corrosion-erosion, carbides precipitation, oxidation, coating degradation, high and low cycle fatigue, and creep, are discussed. To converge the topic, the work focuses on gas and wind turbine blades only. In addition, it sheds lights on several lifetime and failure prediction models and outlines recent trends in the additive manufacturing of turbine blades, e.g., core and microstructural grading. Lastly, it highlights several future research gaps that can aid in preventing similar failures.
KW - Damage mechanism
KW - Failure analysis
KW - Gas turbine blades
KW - Wind turbine blades
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U2 - 10.1016/j.engfailanal.2023.107107
DO - 10.1016/j.engfailanal.2023.107107
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85147550602
SN - 1350-6307
VL - 146
JO - Engineering Failure Analysis
JF - Engineering Failure Analysis
M1 - 107107
ER -
