The inception of OMA in the development of modal testing technology for wind turbines

Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1213-1226

  Carne, Thomas G ^a   James III, George H ^b  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Modal analysis; NExT; OMA; Wind excitation; Wind turbines

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC FORCES; DESIGN AND OPERATIONS; MODAL FREQUENCY; MODAL PARAMETERS; MODAL TEST; MODAL TESTINGS; NATURAL EXCITATIONS; NEXT; OMA; OPERATIONAL MODAL ANALYSIS; RESPONSE DATA; ROTATING BLADES; ROTATION SPEED; ROTATIONAL FREQUENCY; WIND EXCITATION; WIND TURBINE STRUCTURES;

FLEXIBLE STRUCTURES; INNOVATION; ROTATION; TESTING; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

MODAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 77953129671     PISSN: 08883270     EISSN: 10961216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymssp.2010.03.006     Document Type: Article

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