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 …

X-ray computed tomography scans can provide detailed information about the state of the
material after manufacture and in service. X-ray computed tomography aided engineering …

Understanding fatigue damage growth of composite wind turbine blades is an essential step
towards reliable structural health monitoring (SHM) and accurate lifetime prediction. This …

Scientists have reported that plant leaf veins grow into an optimized architecture not only to
accomplish their biological and physiological functions but also to sustain the environmental …

Important properties of fiber-reinforced composites, such as stiffness, compression strength,
and fatigue resistance, are sensitive to fiber alignment. In this paper, we use structure tensor …

The dependency of the fatigue resistance on the fiber volume fraction of a non-crimp glass
fiber fabric reinforced polyester polymer matrix composite is investigated, in the range of …

The fatigue load has become an increasingly prominent problem affecting the damage
tolerance and service life of wind turbine blades. The damage monitoring of repaired blades …

Abstract Non-crimp-fabric (NCF) reinforced composites have been receiving attention in the
composite market due to their cost-effectiveness and excellent mechanical performance …

A micromechanical model is developed for the prediction of the growth rate of fatigue
damage zones in unidirectional fibre composites subjected to cyclic tension-tension loading …

Transition to renewable and sustainable energy from fossil fuels (natural gas, coal, and oil)
has dominated the research cycle. The shift is as a result of increasing population growth …