Advances, limitations and prospects of nondestructive testing and evaluation of thick composites and sandwich structures: A state-of-the-art review

W Nsengiyumva, S Zhong, J Lin, Q Zhang, J Zhong… - Composite …, 2021 - Elsevier
In recent years, composite materials have gained popularity in numerous high-tech and
engineering applications, owing to their outstanding physico-mechanical properties. They …

A comprehensive review on signal-based and model-based condition monitoring of wind turbines: Fault diagnosis and lifetime prognosis

H Badihi, Y Zhang, B Jiang, P Pillay… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Wind turbines play an increasingly important role in renewable power generation. To ensure
the efficient production and financial viability of wind power, it is crucial to maintain wind …

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 …

Image recognition of wind turbine blade damage based on a deep learning model with transfer learning and an ensemble learning classifier

X Yang, Y Zhang, W Lv, D Wang - Renewable Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
An image recognition model based on a deep learning network is proposed for the
automatic extraction of image features and the accurate and efficient detection of wind …

Non-destructive techniques for the condition and structural health monitoring of wind turbines: A literature review of the last 20 years

M Civera, C Surace - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
A complete surveillance strategy for wind turbines requires both the condition monitoring
(CM) of their mechanical components and the structural health monitoring (SHM) of their …

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 …

A comprehensive analysis of wind turbine blade damage

DA Katsaprakakis, N Papadakis, I Ntintakis - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
The scope of this article is to review the potential causes that can lead to wind turbine blade
failures, assess their significance to a turbine's performance and secure operation and …

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 …

Modelling wind turbine degradation and maintenance

B Le, J Andrews - Wind Energy, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
This paper presents an asset model for offshore wind turbine reliability accounting for the
degradation, inspection and maintenance processes. The model was developed based on …

Symbiotic system of systems design for safe and resilient autonomous robotics in offshore wind farms

D Mitchell, J Blanche, O Zaki, J Roe, L Kong… - IEEE …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
To reduce Operation and Maintenance (O&M) expenditure on offshore wind farms, wherein
80% of the cost relates to deploying personnel, the offshore wind sector looks to advances in …