Publications - ÉireComposites

ÉireComposites’ research on renewables has resulted in a number of publications including the following

Tidal stream to mainstream: mechanical testing of composite tidal stream blades to de-risk operational design life.

C. Glennon, W. Finnegan, P. Meier, Y. Jiang, J. Goggins, 2022. High cycle dynamic testing of marine hydrokinetic blades. Civil Engineering Research in Ireland Conference 2022 (CERI 2022), Dublin, Ireland, 25-26 August.

B. Kelley, W. Finnegan, J. Goggins, 2022. Tensile Mechanical Testing of Powder Epoxy Glass Fibre Composites with Embedded Optical Fibre Sensors, Civil Engineering Research in Ireland Conference 2022 (CERI 2022), Dublin, Ireland. 25-26 August.

W. Finnegan, Y. Jiang, C. Glenno, P. Meier, L.C. Hung, J. Goggins. 2021. De-risking the next generating of tidal turbine blades through advanced full-scale structural testing, 14th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference (EWTEC) 2021, Plymouth, UK. 5-9 September.

Feerick. P.J., “The Manufacture of Turbine Blades using High-Temperature Tooling and VOC–Free Polymer Composites”, Wind Turbine Blade Manufacture 2010”, Düsseldorf, Germany, December 2010.

ÉireComposites’ Research & Development has resulted in a number of publications including the following:

Aerospace

Rotational moulding of PEEK polymer liners with carbon fibre/PEEK over tape-placement for space cryogenic fuel tanks.

Structural testing of a shear web attachment point on a composite lattice cylinder for aerospace applications

Permeability of carbon fibre PEEK composites for cryogenic storage tanks of future space launchers.

Polymer Lined COPVS Formed using an Integrally Heated Rotational Moulding Tool and Laser Assisted Tape Placement.

Helium Permeability of Polymer Materials as Liners for Composite Overwrapped Pressure Vessels.

Damage and permeability in tape-laid thermoplastic composite cryogenic tanks.

Characterization of Cryogenically-Cycled Autoclaved and ATL CF/PEEK Laminates using 3-D X-Ray CT.

A combined XFEM and cohesive zone model for composite laminate microcracking and permeability.

Feasibility of carbon fibre/peek composites for cryogenic fuel tank applications.

Out-of-Autoclave Manufacturing of Large Integrated Structures Using Thermoplastic Composite Materials.

Out-of-Autoclave Manufacturing of a Stiffened Thermoplastic Carbon Fibre PEEK Panel.

Evaluating the sustainability of lightweight drones for delivery: towards a suitable methodology for assessment

W. Finnegan, T. Flanagan, M. Flanagan, S. Mitchell, J. Goggins, N. Harrison. 2022. Development of a lightweight airframe to enable drone delivery, 11th European Solid Mechanics Conference, Galway, Ireland. 4-8 July.

Y. Jiang, W. Finnegan, R. Allen, S. Carey, T. Flanagan, J. Goggins. 2022. Design of composite components for improving structural performance of a drone. 11th European Solid Mechanics Conference, Galway, Ireland. 4-8 July.

Repair of Impacted Thermoplastic Composite Laminates Using Induction Welding

Wind

Development of a Novel Solution for Leading Edge Erosion on Offshore Wind Turbine Blades.

A novel solution for preventing leading edge erosion in wind turbine blades.

Large Scale Structural Testing of Wind Turbine Blades Manufactured Using a One-Shot Out-of-Autoclave Process

Development of a numerical model of a novel leading edge protection component for wind turbine blades

Fatigue life analysis of hybrid e-glass/carbon fibre powder epoxy materials for wind turbine blades.

Physical Experimental Static Testing and Structural Design Optimisation for a Composite Wind Turbine Blade.

Automated tape placement of carbon fibre reinforced thermoplastics for offshore wind turbine blades.

Ó Brádaigh, CM, Doyle, A., Doyle, D. and Feerick. P.J., “One-Shot Wind Turbine Blade Manufacturing using Powder-Epoxy and Electrically-Heated Ceramic Composite Tooling”, 7th International CFK-Valley Stade Convention, Germany, June 2013

Development of a numerical model of a novel leading edge protection component for wind turbine blades

Ó Brádaigh, C.M. “Manufacture of Composite Wind Turbine Blades using High-Temperature Integrally-Heated Composite Tooling”, Composites Innovation 2012, National Composites Centre, Bristol, UK, July 2012.

P. Dasan Keeryadath, M. Flanagan, R. Ó Coistealbha, A. Jimenez Del Toro, T. Flanagan, J. Goggins and W. Finnegan. 2021. Extending the life of wind turbine blades: innovative thermoplastic/epoxy composite system to reduce rain erosion, 23rd International Conference on Composite Materials (ICCM23), Belfast, Ireland. 1-6 August.

Tidal

Testing of hydrophobically coated composite materials for marine renewable energy.

Influence of microstructural defects and hydrostatic pressure on water absorption in composite materials for tidal energy.

Development of Novel Manufacturing Techniques for Composite Tidal Turbine Blades.

De-risking the next generating of tidal turbine blades through advanced full-scale structural testing

Static and fatigue tensile testing of pressurised immersion aged, hydrophobically coated, glass fibre composite material with marine renewable energy applications.

Numerical modelling, manufacture and structural testing of a full-scale 1 MW tidal turbine blade

The pressurised immersion of hydrophobically coated composite materials with marine renewable energy applications.

Numerical modelling of composite tidal turbine blades.

Smart Affordable Composite Blades for Tidal Energy.

Characterisation and water ageing of composite materials for tidal turbine blades.

Manufacture of high-performance tidal turbine blades using advanced composite manufacturing technologies.

Structural Analysis of a 1 MW Tidal Turbine Blade through Full-Scale Physical Testing and a Digital Twin.

Operational fatigue loadings on tidal turbine blades using computational fluid dynamics.

Surface manufacturing quality assessment of a 1-MW tidal turbine blade using 3D laser scanning technique.

W. Finnegan, T. Flanagan, P. Cronin, J. Goggins. 2022. A proposed methodology for the development of a sustainable composite foil for a tidal turbine. 11th European Solid Mechanics Conference, Galway, Ireland. 4-8 July.

W. Finnegan, F. Wallace, P. Meier, L.C. Hung, Y. Jiang, R. Allen, C. Coyne, M. Flanagan and J. Goggins. 2021. 1 Mega-Newton: The highest load ever applied to a fibre-reinforced composite tidal turbine blade, 23rd International Conference on Composite Materials (ICCM23), Belfast, Ireland. 1-6 August.

W. Finnegan, C. Glennon, G. Kelly, J. Maguire, M. Flanagan, T. Flanagan, 2019. Manufacture of High Performance Tidal Turbine Blades using Composite Materials. 13th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference (EWTEC) 2019, Napoli, Italy. 1-6 September.

Other

Use of carbon fibres for reinforcement of thin geopolymer cement sections.

Potential Applications for Image-based Systems in Structural Engineering.

W. Finnegan, T. Flanagan, C. Kelly, A. Ní Fhlatharta and J. Goggins. 2022. Improving the sustainability of fibre-reinforced polymer composite structures, Civil Engineering Research in Ireland Conference 2022 (CERI 2022), Dublin, Ireland. 25-26 August.

Recovery of Particle Reinforced Composite 3D Printing Filament from Recycled Industrial Polypropylene and Glass Fibre Waste

M. Flanagan, J. Goggins, W. Finnegan, T. Flanagan, 2022. Developments in the Manufacture of Powder Epoxy Fibre Re-enforced Polymer Composite Structures, Civil Engineering Research in Ireland Conference 2022 (CERI 2022), Dublin, Ireland. 25-26 August.

Omid Sam-Daliri, Pouyan Ghabezi, Tomas Flanagan, William Finnegan, Sinéad Mitchell, Noel Harrison, Development of mechanical properties of short carbon fibre reinforced onyx composite waste for the use as 3D printing filament, 8th International Conference on Mechanics of Composites, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Portugal, 27-30 June 2023

Advancements in Functionally Graded Polyether Ether Ketone Components: Design, Manufacturing, and Characterisation Using a Modified 3D Printer

Experimental study on mechanical properties of material extrusion additive manufactured parts from recycled glass fibre-reinforced polypropylene composite

ÉireComposites has also registered a patent for our blade manufacturing technology

EP 2344312 B “A Heated Mould for Moulding Polymeric Composites”.

The Mould allows out-of-autoclave processing of epoxy powder and is suitable for manufacturing products such as wind and tidal blades and other large composite structures.