ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Concepts of Reusing Wind Turbine Blades in Civil Engineering Constructions
1
Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Lublin University of Technology, Poland
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The Faculty of Civil
and Environmental Engineering
and Architecture, Rzeszow University of Technology, Poland
Submission date: 2024-07-04
Acceptance date: 2024-09-16
Online publication date: 2024-10-08
Publication date: 2024-10-08
Corresponding author
Anna Halicka
Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Lublin University of Technology, Nadbystrzycka 40, 20-618, Lublin, Poland
Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Lublin University of Technology, Nadbystrzycka 40, 20-618, Lublin, Poland
Civil and Environmental Engineering Reports 2024;34(4):22-31
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Wind turbines have become an important source of renewable energy in recent years, but recycling them is difficult due to their material properties. The paper indicates the possibility of using turbine blades to produce elements that can be filled with concrete and used as members of small geotechnical structures: retaining walls, point and well foundations, foundations for railings, fences, road signs, etc., as well as excavation linings and shoring walls. In these solutions, concrete-filled elements of turbine blades constitute a form (formwork) for concrete, protecting it against environmental influences, and can also cooperate with concrete in transferring loads.
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