本文主要針對10kW等級之水平軸式風力葉片，應用有限元素分析軟體LS-DYNA模擬在葉片達額定轉速(Rated Speed)下，其葉片結構之彎曲(bending)與扭轉(torsion)變形對發電效能的影響；並探討葉片蒙皮(skin)疊層角度，使用鏡射式疊層(Mirror Lay-up)與螺旋式疊層(Helical Lay-up)方式，將葉片蒙皮(skin)疊層設計分成五種類別，指定為A、B、C、D、E五組。結果顯示，疊層設計B對發電效能與結構負載具有最佳表現。於葉片監控方面，採用埋入式製程裝設應變規 (strain gauge) 感測器；同時建立一套無線傳輸之葉片監控系統，並透過實驗測試檢驗系統之可靠度。

The purpose of this work is to study the blade performance of the 10kW Horizontal Axial Wind Turbine (HAWT) on rated speed condition using finite element commercial LS-DYNA with implicit solver. The coupled torsion and bending effects were compared to each other for Mirror lay-ups and Helical lay-ups of the blade skin in detail. Subsequently, the group B shows the good results for the power performance at the rated speed is equal to 267.38 rpm. under 12 m/s wind speed. In addition, this work is also to develop and construct the wireless transmission system in order to monitor the signal from the embedded TML QFLA-5-11 strain gage when blade of the wind turbine is operating. Besides, upon examining numerical and experimental results for static bending test, the error deviation is presented within 10 %. The completed numerical results of power performance for the composite blade are reported and discussed.

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