Structural Testing and Health Monitoring of Wind Turbines
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "A3: Wind, Wave and Tidal Energy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2024 | Viewed by 1393
Special Issue Editors
Interests: structural health monitoring; operational modal analysis; wind turbines; structural dynamics
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Interests: operational modal analysis; dynamic tests and monitoring; structural health monitoring; fatigue assessment
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Wind turbines, both onshore and offshore, have become one of the largest machines on Earth and, consequently, one of the most challenging structures for engineers. The large size of the blades and supporting structures makes them very flexible and, therefore, sensitive to the dynamic loads induced by both wind and waves. Furthermore, the evolution of offshore installations towards deeper waters, using larger bottom-fixed foundations or floating platforms, has even further increased the importance of good dynamic performance. Therefore, the dynamic testing and monitoring of their components and of the complete structure is crucial for design validation, condition assessment during operation, and fatigue analyses, with the aim of estimating the wind turbine components’ lifetime.
In this Special Issue, we aim to collect papers reflecting the current state of the art in the dynamic testing of wind turbine components such as blades and drivetrains, and in the field dynamic testing and monitoring of these wind turbine components and their supporting structures, such as towers and onshore or offshore foundations and their connection.
Papers including a strong experimental component with in-field validations are preferred, but works based on the illustration of new data-processing strategies using numerical simulations or scaled laboratory models with high changes of application in full-scale structures may also be accepted. The description and validation of new sensing technologies applied to wind turbines’ components are very welcome.
We look forward to receiving your contributions!
Dr. Sérgio Pereira
Dr. Filipe Magalhães
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- wind turbine
- dynamic testing
- dynamic monitoring
- condition assessment
- fatigue
- operational modal analysis
- blades
- drivetrain
- offshore wind turbines
- floating wind turbines
