Low cost inspection for improved blade reliability

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

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Cairns, Douglas S ^a,b   Palmer, Nathan ^a,b   Ehresman, Jon ^a,b  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Montana State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY GENERATION; AMBIENT HUMIDITY; BLADE TIP; COMPOSITE LAMINATE; COMPOSITE WIND TURBINE BLADE; DAMAGE INITIATION; EMBEDDED METALS; FOIL STRAIN GAGES; HEALTH MONITORING; INSPECTION AND REPAIR; INTEGRATED SENSORS; IR TRANSMITTANCE; LOW COSTS; LOW-COST SENSORS; PIEZO ELECTRICS; POLYMER SENSORS; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDES; POST PROCESSING; SENSING APPLICATIONS; STATIC STRENGTH; TRANSIENT LOADING; TURBINE APPLICATIONS; WIND ENERGY; WIND TURBINE BLADES; WIND VELOCITIES;

ACCELEROMETERS; AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; GAGES; LAMINATES; METAL FOIL; RELIABILITY; SENSORS; THERMOCOUPLES; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

EID: 78549263016     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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