Abstract: A method for testing a rotor blade of a wind turbine may include predefining a setpoint bending moment distribution. At least two active load-introducing means may be provided which each engage on a load frame. A first of the at least two active load-introducing means may be configured for introducing load in a pivot direction of the rotor blade and a second of the at least two active load-introducing means may be configured for introducing load in an impact direction of the rotor blade. Also provided is at least one passive load-introducing means. A cyclic introduction of load is effected by the at least two active load-introducing means, where a load introduction frequency of the first active load-introducing means and a load introduction frequency of the second active load-introducing means are selected such that the ratio thereof is rational. A testing device for carrying out the method is also provided.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for clamping a test piece (1, 1?, 1?), comprising an upper clamping rail (3U) and a lower clamping rail (3L) for horizontally clamping an upper end and a lower end of the test piece (1, 1?, 1?). In addition, it comprises vertical left clamping edges (4L, 4L?) and vertical right clamping edges (4R, 4R?) for laterally supporting a right side and a left side of the test piece (1, 1?, 1?). A segmented bearing, in each case comprising a plurality of pivotably movable bearing segments (26), which can be individually pivoted out of a clamping plane, is arranged on each of the upper clamping rail (3U) and the lower clamping rail (3L). The bearing segments (26) each comprise a bearing segment chuck. The invention also relates to a method for clamping a test piece (1, 1?, 1?) and to a system for buckling testing.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for determining elastic properties of a test body by the use of tensile or compressive loading in a test stand, wherein a centroid line is defined for a longitudinal axis for the test body, centroid line miming through elastic centers of gravity of infinitesimally thick discs which lie orthogonally to the longitudinal axis and into which the test body can be divided. The test body is clamped at two clamping points by clamping devices, and a force is introduced at, at least one of the two clamping points in the direction of the respective other clamping point such that a line of action of a force introduced at, at least one of the clamping points is substantially parallel to a connection line between the two clamping points. Furthermore, by providing additional material or springs to the test body, the center of gravity line of the test body is converted into a modified centroid line of the entire system consisting of the test body and additional material or springs).

Abstract: The invention relates to a mechanical testing device with at least one load frame , and , which has a frame part and a clamping device held therein, in which a beam-shaped test specimen, in particular a rotor blade or rotor blade segment, can be clamped projecting through the load frame, the load frame being mounted in a first pivot bearing arrangement on a carrier frame or a support frame so as to be rotatable about a first transverse axis of the test specimen which extends perpendicularly to its longitudinal axis projecting through the clamping device, wherein the frame part has a four-fold rotational symmetry, in particular a square shape, or an annular shape. The design of the load frame(s) results in easy rotatability/adjustability of the test specimen. In a method for carrying out the test, the system natural frequencies in different loading directions can be suitably matched.

Abstract: The invention relates to a test stand comprising a support (19, 25) which is moveably connected to a wall (18, 18?, 18?), a base, a frame (26) of the test stand or another part of the test stand and can be moved on a predetermined path; an actuator (22) which is connected to the support and by means of which the support (19, 25) that can be moved on the predetermined path, two clamping devices (13) respectively comprising a ball joint, wherein one of the two clamping devices (13) is seemed to the support (19, 25) and the other of the two clamping devices (13) is arranged in an axis (10) with the first of the two clamping devices (13), such that a test body (1) is clamped between the two clamping devices (13) on outer surfaces of the test body and can be maintained by the clamping devices (13), and a test force exerted by a test body by moving the support (19, 25) through the first of the two clamping devices (13) acts essentially along the axis (10).

Abstract: A method for testing a rotor blade of a wind turbine may include predefining a setpoint bending moment distribution. At least two active load-introducing means may be provided which each engage on a load frame. A first of the at least two active load-introducing means may be configured for introducing load in a pivot direction of the rotor blade and a second of the at least two active load-introducing means may be configured for introducing load in an impact direction of the rotor blade. Also provided is at least one passive load-introducing means. A cyclic introduction of load is effected by the at least two active load-introducing means, where a load introduction frequency of the first active load-introducing means and a load introduction frequency of the second active load-introducing means are selected such that the ratio thereof is rational. A testing device for carrying out the method is also provided.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining design parameters (41) of a rotor blade (3, 4, 5) of a machine interacting with a fluid, in particular of a wind turbine, in which quality parameters (39) of the rotor blade are determined non-destructively, in particular by way of measurements, in which target parameters of the rotor blade (40) are determined, and in which the determined target parameters are predefined in an optimization process (33), wherein the design parameters are varied in the optimization process in such a way that the target parameters are achieved, taking the determined quality parameters into consideration. In this way, it is possible to determine the parameters of a present rotor blade which can be non-destructively determined, so as to determine the parameters that cannot be determined non-destructively, or that are difficult to determine, by way of a computer model.

Abstract: A wind turbine rotor blade extension fitting element, which extension fitting element is designed as a rotor blade rib with a recess and which can be pushed onto the rotor blade tip of a rotor blade to be extended, in such a way that the rotor blade tip protrudes through the recess and contacts the circumferential surface of the recess in an positive-locking manner. The extension fitting element has, on its outer circumference, an outer circumferential surface onto which a shell-like rotor blade extension can be pushed in an positive-locking manner. A core of the extension fitting element has slits and/or boreholes which, for stabilization, are filled with a material that has a higher strength and/or stiffness than the material of the core. In this way, the extension fitting element is strengthened for the transfer of high loads.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining elastic properties of a test body (1) by means of tensile or compressive loading in a test stand, wherein a center of gravity line (2) is defined for a longitudinal axis for the test body, said center of gravity line miming through elastic centers of gravity of infinitesimally thick discs which lie orthogonally to the longitudinal axis and into which the test body can be divided. The test body is clamped at two clamping points by means of clamping devices (13, 13?), and a force is introduced at at least one of the two clamping points in the direction of the respective other clamping point such that a line of action of a force introduced at at least one of the clamping points is substantially parallel to a connection line between the two clamping points.

Abstract: The invention relates to a test stand comprising a support (19, 25) which is moveably connected to a wall (18, 18?, 18?), a base, a frame (26) of the test stand or another part of the test stand and can be moved on a predetermined path; an actuator (22) which is connected to the support and by means of which the support (19, 25) that can be moved on the predetermined path, two clamping devices (13) respectively comprising a ball joint, wherein one of the two clamping devices (13) is seemed to the support (19, 25) and the other of the two clamping devices (13) is arranged in an axis (10) with the first of the two clamping devices (13), such that a test body (1) is clamped between the two clamping devices (13) on outer surfaces of the test body and can be maintained by the clamping devices (13), and a test force exerted by a test body by moving the support (19, 25) through the first of the two clamping devices (13) acts essentially along the axis (10).