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Ocean Engineering 96 (2015) 272–283 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Ocean Engineering journal homepage: /locate/oceaneng Advanced numerical modelling techniques for the structural design of composite tidal turbine blades Paul W. Harper n, Stephen R. Hallett Advanced Composites Centre for Innovation and Science, University of Bristol, Queen s Building, University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: Tidal stream turbine blades must withstand both extreme one-off loads and severe fatigue loads during Received 7 January 2014 their 20–25 year required lifetimes in harsh marine environments. This necessitates the use of high- Accepted 20 December 2014 strength fibre reinforced composite materials to provide the required stiffness, strength and fatigue life, Available online 28 January 2015 as well as resistance to corrosion, whilst minimising the mass of material required for blade construc- Keywords: tion and allowing its geometric form to provide the required hydrodynamic performance. Although Tidal energy composites provide superior performance to metals, potential failure mechanisms are more complicated Composites and difficult to predict. A dominant failure mechanism is interfacial failure (delamination) between the Fatigue composite layers (plies). This paper