Novel flexible membrane for structural health monitoring of wind turbine blades - Feasibility study

Ceramic Transactions

Volumn 239, Issue , 2013, Pages 315-323

  Laflamme, S ^a   Saleem, H ^a   Vasan, B ^a   Geiger, R ^a   Chaudhary, S ^a   Kollosche, M ^b   Rajan, K ^a   Kofod, G ^b  

^a Iowa State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Area strain gauges; Flexible membrane sensor; Soft capacitors; Structural health monitoring; Wind turbine blades

Indexed keywords

DAMAGE DIAGNOSIS; DISTRIBUTED SENSING; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FLEXIBLE MEMBRANES; LOCAL STRAINS; NEW MEASUREMENT METHOD; QUASI-STATIC; SENSING SYSTEMS; SENSING TECHNOLOGY; SENSOR SIGNALS; STATE OF RESEARCH; WIND TURBINE BLADES;

CAPACITORS; DAMAGE DETECTION; DYNAMIC LOADS; GLASS FIBERS; SENSORS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING; TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

WIND TURBINES;

EID: 84872851689     PISSN: 10421122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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