Operational load estimation of a smart wind turbine rotor blade

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7295, Issue , 2009, Pages

  White, Jonathan R ^a   Adams, Douglas E ^a   Rumsey, Mark A ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Modal Filtering; Online Monitoring; Sensor Placement Optimization; Smart Structure; Structural Health Monitoring; Wind Turbine

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE SOURCES OF ENERGY; BLADE DEFLECTION; CARBON EMISSIONS; CATASTROPHIC FAILURES; CLEAN COAL; COMPLEX LOADING; DYNAMIC EVENTS; ENERGY CAPTURE; ENERGY PRICES; KEY TECHNOLOGIES; MAINTENANCE PLANNING; MODAL FILTERING; ONLINE MONITORING; OPERATIONAL LOADS; OPTIMAL LOCATIONS; PHYSICAL LOADS; QUASI-STEADY STATE; ROTOR BLADES; SENSOR OPTIMIZATION; SENSOR PLACEMENT OPTIMIZATION; SINGLE SENSOR; SMART STRUCTURE; STATIC DEFLECTIONS; TRIAXIAL ACCELEROMETER; WIND CAPACITY; WIND LOADING; WIND TURBINE ROTORS;

ACCELEROMETERS; AIRFOILS; ALTERNATIVE FUELS; BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; ENGINES; FOSSIL FUELS; HEALTH; LEAKAGE (FLUID); MONITORING; PARTIAL DISCHARGES; PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS; SENSORS; SOLAR ENERGY; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION; STRUCTURES (BUILT OBJECTS); TURBOMACHINE BLADES; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING;

EID: 66749176280     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.815802     Document Type: Conference Paper

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