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 …

Thermal imaging and thermoelastic stress analysis of impact damage of composite materials

L Krstulovic-Opara, B Klarin, P Neves… - Engineering Failure …, 2011 - Elsevier
The infrared thermography, together with Thermoelastic Stress Analysis and Pulse heating
thermography, is used in evaluation of impact damage in fiberglass composite materials …

A numerical structural analysis of ducted, high-solidity, fibre-composite tidal turbine rotor configurations in real flow conditions

MG Borg, Q Xiao, S Allsop, A Incecik, C Peyrard - Ocean Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
Establishing a design and material evaluation of unique tidal turbine rotors in true
hydrodynamic conditions by means of a numerical structural analysis has presented …

Comparison of infrared and 3D digital image correlation techniques applied for mechanical testing of materials

L Krstulović-Opara, M Surjak, M Vesenjak… - Infrared physics & …, 2015 - Elsevier
To investigate the applicability of infrared thermography as a tool for acquiring dynamic
yielding in metals, a comparison of infrared thermography with three dimensional digital …

System and method for determining lifetime of wind turbine blade

S George - US Patent 8,265,885, 2012 - Google Patents
A method for monitoring stress on a wind turbine blade during loading is disclosed. The
method includes capturing multiple images at respective locations of the blade. The method …

[PDF][PDF] The application of pulse heating infrared thermography to the wind turbine blade analysis

L Krstulović-Opara, B Klarin, E Garafulić… - 16th International …, 2011 - researchgate.net
THE APPLICATION OF PULSE HEATING INFRARED THERMOGRAPHY TO THE WIND
TURBINE BLADE ANALYSIS Page 1 16th International Conference on Composite …

Condition monitoring and diagnostics of wind turbines: A survey

P Pennacchi, P Borghesani… - International …, 2014 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Wind energy conversion is the fastest growing source of electricity generation in the world
among the other renewable energy production technologies. Whereas investment costs …

Analysing fibre composite designs for high-solidity ducted tidal turbine blades

MG Borg, Q Xiao, S Allsop, A Incecik… - OCEANS 2019 …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This study elaborates a one-way fluid-structure interaction numerical model utilised in
investigating the structural mechanics concerning the rotor blades comprising a ducted high …

Imaging-Based Fault Detection of Wind Turbines

S Yu - 2018 - etheses.whiterose.ac.uk
With the development of renewable energy, the wind-energy generation is no longer a
brand-new field. Considering the complex work environment and huge maintenance fee …