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Title: Monitoring of wind turbines

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1372685
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Method and apparatus for determining the deflection or curvature of a rotating blade, such as a wind turbine blade or a helicopter blade. Also, methods and apparatus for establishing an inertial reference system on a rotating blade.

Research Organization:
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-94AL85000
Assignee:
Purdue Research Foundation
Patent Number(s):
9,714,085
Application Number:
12/992,804
OSTI ID:
1372685
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2009 May 13
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (8)

Advanced aerodynamic control system for a high output wind turbine patent September 2005
Wind turbine having sensor elements mounted on rotor blades patent September 2005
Wind turbine blade deflection control system patent July 2007
Wind turbine blade deflection control system patent-application March 2004
Methods and apparatuses for wind turbine fatigue load measurement and assessment patent-application June 2006
Application of damage detection techniques using wind turbine modal data conference February 2013
Structural health monitoring of wind turbines: method and application to a HAWT journal January 2011
Pitch Error and Shear Web Disbond Detection on Wind Turbine Blades for Offshore Structural Health and Prognostics Management
  • Myrent, Noah J.; Kusnick, Joshua F.; Adams, Douglas
  • 54th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials and Co-located Conferences https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2013-1695
conference April 2013

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