Fiber-Optic Defect and Damage Locator System for Wind Turbine Blades
IFOS in collaboration with Auburn University demonstrated the feasibility of a Fiber Bragg Grating (FBG) integrated sensor system capable of providing real time in-situ defect detection, localization and quantification of damage. In addition, the system is capable of validating wind turbine blade structural models, using recent advances in non-contact, non-destructive dynamic testing of composite structures. This new generation method makes it possible to analyze wind turbine blades not only non-destructively, but also without physically contacting or implanting intrusive electrical elements and transducers into the structure. Phase I successfully demonstrated the feasibility of the technology with the construction of a 1.5 kHz sensor interrogator and preliminary instrumentation and testing of both composite material coupons and a wind turbine blade.
- Research Organization:
- Intelligent Fiber Optic Systems Corp. (IFOS)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Wind and Hydropower Technology Program (EE-2B)
- DOE Contract Number:
- SC0001020
- OSTI ID:
- 992070
- Report Number(s):
- DOE-Wind-I-Final Report; TRN: US201110%%597
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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