Research Article

Evaluation of Basalt Fibers on Wind Turbine Blades through Finite Element Analysis

Table 2

Material properties of the composite characterization of basalt/epoxy (B-E) and E-glass/epoxy (EG-E).

Properties

CompositeE1 (GPa)E2 (GPa)E3 (GPa)G12 (GPa)G13 (GPa)G23 (GPa)
 B-E45.8245.827.111.342.72.70.040.3050.3
 EG-E35994.73.54.70.280.40.25