Estimation of wind turbine blade operational loading and deflection with inertial measurements

47th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

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

^a Purdue University   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE CONTROL; BENDING MODES; BLADE DEFLECTION; BLADE TIP; CENTRIPETAL ACCELERATION; CONSTANT ACCELERATION; DYNAMIC ACCELERATION; DYNAMIC LOADINGS; INERTIAL MEASUREMENTS; MAINTENANCE COST; MODAL FILTERING; MODAL TEST; SENSOR COMBINATIONS; SENSOR LOCATION; SINGLE SENSOR; STATIC AND DYNAMIC LOADING; TIP DEFLECTION; TURBINE BLADE; WIND ENERGY; WIND TURBINE BLADES; WIND TURBINE ROTORS;

ACCELEROMETERS; AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; DEFLECTION (STRUCTURES); DYNAMIC LOADS; ESTIMATION; LOADING; LOCATION; MAINTENANCE; ROTATION; SENSORS; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

EID: 78549258145     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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