Testing, inspecting and monitoring technologies for wind turbine blades: A survey

B Yang, D Sun - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2013 - Elsevier
Renewable wind energy is one of the most efficient and effective ways to deal with global
warming and energy crisis. Recently, wind energy has grown at an impressive rate in entire …

A review of full-scale structural testing of wind turbine blades

HF Zhou, HY Dou, LZ Qin, Y Chen, YQ Ni… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2014 - Elsevier
The blades that play a key role to collect wind energy are the most critical components of a
wind turbine system. Meanwhile, they are also the parts most susceptible to damage …

A review of non-destructive testing on wind turbines blades

FPG Márquez, AMP Chacón - Renewable Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Wind energy, with an exponential growth in the last years, is nowadays one of the most
important renewable energy sources. Modern wind turbines are bigger and complex to …

Recent advances in damage detection of wind turbine blades: A state-of-the-art review

P Kaewniam, M Cao, NF Alkayem, D Li… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Wind turbine structures are key components for modern transformation into free energy and
greener environment. In recent years, a rapid growth in the development and installation of …

Review on the damage and fault diagnosis of wind turbine blades in the germination stage

X Song, Z Xing, Y Jia, X Song, C Cai, Y Zhang, Z Wang… - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
In recent years, wind turbines have shown a maximization trend. However, most of the wind
turbine blades operate in areas with a relatively poor natural environment. The stability …

Progress and trends in nondestructive testing and evaluation for wind turbine composite blade

R Yang, Y He, H Zhang - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
Wind energy is one of the fastest growing renewable energy resources. It is distinctly
important to increase reliability and availability of wind turbines and further to reduce the …

A survey on non-destructive smart inspection of wind turbine blades based on industry 4.0 strategy

M Dimitrova, A Aminzadeh, MS Meiabadi… - Applied …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Wind turbines are known to be the most efficient method of green energy production, and
wind turbine blades (WTBs) are known as a key component of the wind turbine system, with …

Review of the typical damage and damage-detection methods of large wind turbine blades

W Wang, Y Xue, C He, Y Zhao - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
With global warming and the depletion of fossil energy sources, renewable energy is
gradually replacing non-renewable energy as the main energy in the future. As one of the …

Status and problems of wind turbine structural health monitoring techniques in China

W Liu, B Tang, Y Jiang - Renewable Energy, 2010 - Elsevier
Wind energy is an important renewable energy source because of its reliability due to the
maturity of the technology, good infrastructure and relative cost competitiveness. Rich wind …

Non-Contact Inspection Methods for Wind Turbine Blade Maintenance: Techno–Economic Review of Techniques for Integration with Industry 4.0

A Aminzadeh, M Dimitrova, MS Meiabadi… - Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Wind energy has emerged as a critical source of renewable energy worldwide, and the
performance of wind turbines relies heavily on the quality and design of their blades …