1. Evaluation of the durability of composite tidal turbine blades by Peter Davies, Grégory Germain, Benoît Gaurier, Amélie Boisseau, and Dominique Perreux Philosophical Transactions A Volume 371(1985):20120187 February 28, 2013 ©2013 by The Royal Society

2. Tidal turbine test pyramid. Peter Davies et al. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 2013;371:20120187 ©2013 by The Royal Society

3. Test set-up for static cyclic tests in sea water. Peter Davies et al. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 2013;371:20120187 ©2013 by The Royal Society

4. Natural sea water ageing facility. Peter Davies et al. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 2013;371:20120187 ©2013 by The Royal Society

5. Weight gains in sea water. Peter Davies et al. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 2013;371:20120187 ©2013 by The Royal Society

6. Influence of wet ageing (sea water 60°C) on quasi-static flexural behaviour of E-glass/epoxy composites. Peter Davies et al. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 2013;371:20120187 ©2013 by The Royal Society

7. Influence of wet ageing (sea water 60°C) on fatigue behaviour. Peter Davies et al. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 2013;371:20120187 ©2013 by The Royal Society

8. Static flexural stiffness of blades. Peter Davies et al. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 2013;371:20120187 ©2013 by The Royal Society

9. Model turbine with strain-gauged composite blades before flume tank immersion. Peter Davies et al. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 2013;371:20120187 ©2013 by The Royal Society

10. Flume tank, IFREMER Boulogne Centre, showing wave generator. Peter Davies et al. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 2013;371:20120187 ©2013 by The Royal Society

11. Tensile strains on polyurethane blades at 100 r.p.m. Peter Davies et al. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 2013;371:20120187 ©2013 by The Royal Society

12. Strains and drag force measured on glass mat-reinforced blade versus TSR. (a) Strains for different flow speeds. Peter Davies et al. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 2013;371:20120187 ©2013 by The Royal Society

13. (a) Drag force and (b) reduced strain evolution with time and the fast Fourier transform. Peter Davies et al. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 2013;371:20120187 ©2013 by The Royal Society

14. Construction of digital model of blade using laser scanner. Peter Davies et al. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 2013;371:20120187 ©2013 by The Royal Society

15. Numerical model. Peter Davies et al. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 2013;371:20120187 ©2013 by The Royal Society

16. Example of model result showing velocity (m s−1) and pressure (Pa) fields around turbine blade (current flow 0.1 m s−1). Peter Davies et al. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 2013;371:20120187 ©2013 by The Royal Society

17. Influence of manufacturing quality on fatigue performance. Peter Davies et al. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 2013;371:20120187 ©2013 by The Royal Society

18. Current turbine prototype, for manufacturing study and cyclic tests. Peter Davies et al. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 2013;371:20120187 ©2013 by The Royal Society