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Cracks are observed early in the lifetime of a wind turbine blade. This paper shows that thermal stresses that arise during manufacturing can be the root cause.

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This page is a summary of: Tunneling Crack Initiation in Trailing-Edge Bond Lines of Wind-Turbine Blades, AIAA Journal, December 2019, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA),
DOI: 10.2514/1.j058179.
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