Feasibility of monitoring large wind turbines using photogrammetry

Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 4802-4811

  Ozbek, Muammer ^a   Rixen, Daniel J ^a   Erne, Oliver ^b   Sanow, Gunter ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dynamic tests; Optical measurement techniques; Photogrammetry; Vibration measurements; Videogrammetry; Wind turbine

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; TESTING; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VIBRATION MEASUREMENT; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

3D COORDINATES; COST-EFFICIENT; DYNAMIC BEHAVIORS; DYNAMIC TESTING; DYNAMIC TESTS; HEALTH MONITORING; LARGE WIND TURBINES; MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; OPTICAL MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; PHOTOGRAMMETRIC MEASUREMENTS; PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS; PROS AND CONS; TURBINE MODES; VIDEOGRAMMETRY;

MONITORING;

FEASIBILITY STUDY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; ROTATING FLOW; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VIDEOGRAPHY; WIND TURBINE;

EID: 78649888702     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2010.09.008     Document Type: Article

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