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A practical method for predicting fatigue life of the main spar with wrinkle defects in a wind turbine blade is presented in this paper. First, the effect of different wrinkle geometry on stiffness in a composite laminate is quantified. Then, the model of intrinsic dissipated energy is proposed to determine the fatigue limit rapidly. A fatigue life prediction model containing unknown parameters is...