About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
2026 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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| Symposium
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Late News Poster Session
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| Presentation Title |
D-36: Generating Nanoscale Bainitic Structures Within the Carburised Layer of Gear Steels for Wind Turbines |
| Author(s) |
Vicente Vicente Perez Aroca, Gabriel Ebner, Matthias Steinbacher, Borja Escauriaza Ispizua, Francisca G. Caballero |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Francisca G. Caballero |
| Abstract Scope |
Wind turbine towers are becoming taller to capture more energy. The hub height for utility-scale land-based wind turbines has increased 73% since 1999, to about 100 meters in 2022. The average hub height for offshore wind turbines is projected to grow even taller to about 175-200 meters in 2035. Moreover, the average rotor diameter of newly-installed wind turbines was over 150 meters in 2023. Wind turbines have also increased in maximum power rating, or capacity. Today's new wind power developments have a turbine capacity up to 6 MW range onshore and up to 15 MW offshore.
Gearboxes are a highly loaded part of wind turbines due to upscaling and torque density increase. In this work we will design and manufacture new ultra-high strength steels for gears, to ensure the increasing gear operating conditions in terms of reliability, performance and compactness that manufacturers demand by wind turbines with higher mechanical torque. |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Undecided |
| Keywords |
Iron and Steel, Phase Transformations, Characterization |