Damage detection techniques for wind turbine blades: A review

Y Du, S Zhou, X Jing, Y Peng, H Wu, N Kwok - Mechanical Systems and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Blades play a vital role in wind turbine system performances. However, they are susceptible
to damage arising from complex and irregular loading or even cause catastrophic collapse …

Effects of yawed inflow and blade-tower interaction on the aerodynamic and wake characteristics of a horizontal-axis wind turbine

Y Cai, H Zhao, X Li, Y Liu - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
The aerodynamic characteristics of a wind turbine change dramatically under the influence
of complex inflow and interaction between blade and tower. In this study, detailed full-scale …

Linear and nonlinear features and machine learning for wind turbine blade ice detection and diagnosis

AA Jiménez, FPG Márquez, VB Moraleda… - Renewable energy, 2019 - Elsevier
The mass of ice on wind turbines blades is one of the main problems that energy companies
have in cold climates. This paper presents a novel approach to detect and classify ice …

[HTML][HTML] Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)-Assisted Damage Detection of Wind Turbine Blades: A Review

Z Zhang, Z Shu - Energies, 2024 - mdpi.com
The wind energy sector is experiencing rapid growth, marked by the expansion of wind
farms and the development of large-scale turbines. However, conventional manual methods …

Aerodynamic analysis for different operating states of floating offshore wind turbine induced by pitching movement

Y Cai, H Zhao, X Li, Y Liu - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
The floating offshore wind turbine (FOWT) may experience dynamic stall and complex rotor-
wake interaction, such as the vortex ring state (VRS) or propeller working state (PWS), under …

Effect of geometric parameters of Gurney flap on performance enhancement of straight-bladed vertical axis wind turbine

H Zhu, W Hao, C Li, S Luo, Q Liu, C Gao - Renewable Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
The enhancement of aerodynamic performance of airfoil using Gurney flap was
demonstrated and due to its effects of lift increasing and stall suppression on airfoil, Gurney …

Quantifying structural uncertainties in Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes simulations of wind turbine wakes

SD Hornshøj-Møller, PD Nielsen, P Forooghi… - Renewable Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Reynolds-averaged Navier Stokes (RANS) based modeling is considered the
mainstream computational fluid dynamics (CFD) approach for wind energy applications …

[HTML][HTML] Computational study of flow incidence effects on the aeroacoustics of low blade-tip Mach number propellers

G Romani, E Grande, F Avallone, D Ragni… - Aerospace Science and …, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper presents a computational study of flow incidence effects on the aeroacoustics of
a propeller operating at low blade-tip Mach numbers. The numerical flow solution is …

Effect of combined surge and pitch motion on the aerodynamic performance of floating offshore wind turbine

Y Cai, X Li, S Leng, H Zhao, Y Zhou - Ocean Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Floating offshore wind turbines (FOWTs) can encounter variations in the phase difference
and amplitude of combined surge-pitch platform motion. The phase difference between …

Numerical study on the aerodynamics of an experimental wind turbine: Influence of nacelle and tower on the blades and near-wake

PG Regodeseves, CS Morros - Energy Conversion and Management, 2021 - Elsevier
The nacelle and tower affect the flow through the rotor and near-wake of horizontal-axis
wind turbines. For this reason, aerodynamic models of the full geometry of wind turbines are …