R&D Deep Dive Webinar Series
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO) is hosting a series of R&D Deep Dive webinars to share updates on tools, analysis, and emerging technologies to advance marine energy as well as next generation hydropower and pumped storage systems.
These webinars will feature WPTO technology managers, National Laboratory research experts, and other partners, and will highlight WPTO's research and development efforts for the hydropower and marine energy industries. These webinars are an opportunity for stakeholders to provide feedback on tool developments, learn about the latest water power research findings, and get trained up on new resources available to support water power technology development. Each webinar presentation will close with a Q&A.
Webinar #2 - Friday, March 26, 2021 | 1-2 pm ET
The primary structure of MHK energy devices have difficult and challenging environments for which fiber reinforced plastics are often considered. For cost benefits, glass fiber reinforced plastics (GFRP) are the most prevalent system under consideration. Montana State University and Sandia National Laboratory have performed research into the moisture effects on the stiffness, strength, and damage of GFRPs for many years. This talk presents a summary of a portion of this effort and also provides references to the thesis and conferences that contain the detailed information. The results include models of moisture absorption, effects of stress on moisture uptake, effects of moisture on damage modes and development, laminate stacking order effects, and culminates with moisture uptake effects on a large sample of industry collected coupons.
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Past Events
- Crevice Corrosion in Seawater Using CFRP/Hybrid Composite as Part of a Novel Crevice Former, 19 March 2021 10:00-11:00 PDT