A review of NDT techniques for wind turbines

Insight: Non-Destructive Testing and Condition Monitoring

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 137-141

  Drewry, Melody A ^a,b   Georgiou, George A ^a,b  

^a Jacobi Consulting Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b QINETIQ   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; MANUFACTURE; STANDARDS; WIND TURBINES;

WIND MACHINES; WINDMILLS;

NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION;

EID: 33947515755     PISSN: 13542575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1784/insi.2007.49.3.137     Document Type: Conference Paper

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