Structural monitoring of wind turbines using wireless sensor networks

Smart Structures and Systems

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 183-196

  Andrew Swartz, R ^a   Lynch, Jerome P ^b   Zerbst, Stephan ^c   Sweetman, Bert ^d   Rolfes, Raimund ^c  

^a Michigan Technological University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY AT GALVESTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Modal analysis; Structural health monitoring; Wind energy; Wireless sensors

Indexed keywords

MODAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING; TOWERS; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES; MONITORING TECHNIQUES; OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENTS; OUTPUT-ONLY MODAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL MONITORING; STRUCTURAL MONITORING APPLICATIONS; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION CHANNELS; WIRELESS SENSOR;

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 77951919862     PISSN: 17381584     EISSN: 17381991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12989/sss.2010.6.3.183     Document Type: Article

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