Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS

Amount

$401,885.00

Award Date

12/21/2009

Administering Agency

Energy, Department of

CDFA Number

81.087

CDFA Program Title

Renewable Energy Research and Development

Description

Objectives: As wind turbine sizes scale up, the manufacturing-induced defects (specifically wrinkling or out-of-plane buckling) associated with large-scale composite blades will affect the integrity and reliability of the entire energy generation system,