TEAMER: Structural Tidal Turbine Blade Test to Failure
This TEAMER-funded project advanced the state of the art in validating that a blade design could withstand predicted extreme loading for current energy converters. Utilizing the turbine blade testing expertise at NLR, the campaign conducted a controlled static test to failure of the Verdant Power Gen5d epoxy turbine blade. This blade design had performed successfully at RITE and had previously been tested by NLR under static and fatigue loading. The results validated that the blade design could withstand model-predicted extreme loads and confirmed that the blade design and manufacturing process incorporated a sufficient safety factor to support a 20-year lifetime. Lessons learned from the campaign enabled cost reductions in the design and manufacturing of future turbine blades by helping avoid unnecessary over-design.
This submission contains the post-access report, raw data files for all instrumentation for the final tests to blade failure, MATLAB functions and datasets for processing CreaForm point tracking data, and all datasets used to produce figures for the post-access report.
This project is part of the TEAMER RFTS 11 (request for technical support) program.
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AB - This TEAMER-funded project advanced the state of the art in validating that a blade design could withstand predicted extreme loading for current energy converters. Utilizing the turbine blade testing expertise at NLR, the campaign conducted a controlled static test to failure of the Verdant Power Gen5d epoxy turbine blade. This blade design had performed successfully at RITE and had previously been tested by NLR under static and fatigue loading. The results validated that the blade design could withstand model-predicted extreme loads and confirmed that the blade design and manufacturing process incorporated a sufficient safety factor to support a 20-year lifetime. Lessons learned from the campaign enabled cost reductions in the design and manufacturing of future turbine blades by helping avoid unnecessary over-design.
This submission contains the post-access report, raw data files for all instrumentation for the final tests to blade failure, MATLAB functions and datasets for processing CreaForm point tracking data, and all datasets used to produce figures for the post-access report.
This project is part of the TEAMER RFTS 11 (request for technical support) program.
AU - Murdy, Paul
A2 - Murray, Robynne
A3 - Beach, Ryan
A4 - Colby, Jonathan
A5 - Phillips, Bruce
DB - Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI)
DP - Open EI | National Laboratory of the Rockies
DO -
KW - MHK
KW - Marine
KW - Hydrokinetic
KW - energy
KW - power
KW - tidal
KW - structural validation
KW - ultimate strength
KW - TEAMER
KW - RFTS11
KW - RFTS 11
KW - tidal energy
KW - tidal turbine
KW - turbine blade
KW - structural testing
KW - static load testing
KW - blade failure testing
KW - blade deformation
KW - Gen5d
KW - laboratory testing
KW - raw data
KW - processed data
LA - English
DA - 2026/09/29
PY - 2026
PB - National Laboratory of the Rockies
T1 - TEAMER: Structural Tidal Turbine Blade Test to Failure
UR - https://data.openei.org/submissions/10256
ER -
Murdy, Paul, et al. TEAMER: Structural Tidal Turbine Blade Test to Failure. National Laboratory of the Rockies, 29 September, 2026, MHKDR. https://mhkdr.openei.org/submissions/738.
Murdy, P., Murray, R., Beach, R., Colby, J., & Phillips, B. (2026). TEAMER: Structural Tidal Turbine Blade Test to Failure. [Data set]. MHKDR. National Laboratory of the Rockies. https://mhkdr.openei.org/submissions/738
Murdy, Paul, Robynne Murray, Ryan Beach, Jonathan Colby, and Bruce Phillips. TEAMER: Structural Tidal Turbine Blade Test to Failure. National Laboratory of the Rockies, September, 29, 2026. Distributed by MHKDR. https://mhkdr.openei.org/submissions/738
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title = {TEAMER: Structural Tidal Turbine Blade Test to Failure},
author = {Murdy, Paul and Murray, Robynne and Beach, Ryan and Colby, Jonathan and Phillips, Bruce},
abstractNote = {This TEAMER-funded project advanced the state of the art in validating that a blade design could withstand predicted extreme loading for current energy converters. Utilizing the turbine blade testing expertise at NLR, the campaign conducted a controlled static test to failure of the Verdant Power Gen5d epoxy turbine blade. This blade design had performed successfully at RITE and had previously been tested by NLR under static and fatigue loading. The results validated that the blade design could withstand model-predicted extreme loads and confirmed that the blade design and manufacturing process incorporated a sufficient safety factor to support a 20-year lifetime. Lessons learned from the campaign enabled cost reductions in the design and manufacturing of future turbine blades by helping avoid unnecessary over-design.
This submission contains the post-access report, raw data files for all instrumentation for the final tests to blade failure, MATLAB functions and datasets for processing CreaForm point tracking data, and all datasets used to produce figures for the post-access report.
This project is part of the TEAMER RFTS 11 (request for technical support) program.},
url = {https://mhkdr.openei.org/submissions/738},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {MHKDR, National Laboratory of the Rockies, https://mhkdr.openei.org/submissions/738},
note = {Accessed: 2026-11-02}
}
Details
Data from Sep 29, 2026
Last updated Nov 2, 2026
Submitted Oct 1, 2026
Organization
National Laboratory of the Rockies
Contact
Paul Murdy
303.275.4982
Authors
Original Source
https://mhkdr.openei.org/submissions/738Research Areas
Keywords
MHK, Marine, Hydrokinetic, energy, power, tidal, structural validation, ultimate strength, TEAMER, RFTS11, RFTS 11, tidal energy, tidal turbine, turbine blade, structural testing, static load testing, blade failure testing, blade deformation, Gen5d, laboratory testing, raw data, processed dataDOE Project Details
Project Name TEAMER RFTS11 Verdant Structural Test
Project Lead Lauren Ruedy
Project Number EE0008895
