| About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
2025 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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| Symposium
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REWAS 2025: Sustainable End-of-Life Management and Recycling Solutions for Batteries, Wind Turbines, and Photovoltaics
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| Presentation Title |
Re-Use of Wind Turbine Blades as Pedestrian Bridges in Beaverbrook Park |
| Author(s) |
Cayleigh Nicholson, Gabriel Ackall, W. Jud Ready, Russell Gentry |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Cayleigh Nicholson |
| Abstract Scope |
"The Woods Trail" is a walking trail extension in Beaverbrook Park, Atlanta, Georgia. The 500 ft. long loop trail includes two ~30 ft. long pedestrian bridges across a small tributary to Peachtree Creek that are formed from decommissioned wind turbine blades. The bridges are connected with a boardwalk of composite treads made from recycled polymeric materials. The effort is designed via students and faculty participating in the Re-Wind Network and is funded with a grant from Park Pride and the City of Atlanta. Community volunteers and scouts participated in the right-of-way clearing and other pre-construction activities.
The Re-Wind Network is a network of faculty, staff and students at five academic institutions - Georgia Institute of Technology, University College Cork, Queen’s University Belfast, City University of New York and Munster Technological University - and industry affiliates. More information, including design catalogues is available at www.re-wind.info. |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Planned: |
| Keywords |
Composites, Environmental Effects, |