Structural lifetime prediction based on monitored structural responses of a wind energy converter
Author(s): |
Stefan Lachmann
Xiangqin Liu Karl Leimbach Ruediger Hoeffer Dietrich Hartmann Matthias Baitsch |
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Medium: | conference paper |
Language(s): | English |
Conference: | 35th Annual Symposium of IABSE / 52nd Annual Symposium of IASS / 6th International Conference on Space Structures: Taller, Longer, Lighter - Meeting growing demand with limited resources, London, United Kingdom, September 2011 |
Published in: | IABSE-IASS 2011 London Symposium Report |
Year: | 2011 |
Abstract: |
An observation-aided approach for the structural lifetime prediction of a wind energy converter (WEC) is presented, which is based on the coupling of continuous monitoring, boundary layer wind tunnel experiments as well as an adequate numerical model of the real world system. The two major project objectives are: Firstly, the sufficiently precise identification of the location and the evolution of existing or emerging deteriorations based on a novel method for system identification, secondly, the reliable lifetime prediction for damage sensitive parts of the structural system using continuously updated numerical models. |
Keywords: |
monitoring system identification Wind energy converters wind tunnel experiments
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