Impedance-Based Structural Health Monitoring of Wind Turbine Blades

Wind power is a fast-growing source of non-polluting, renewable energy with vast potential. However, current wind technology must be improved before the potential of wind power can be fully realized. One of the key components in improving wind turbines is their blades. Blade failure is very costl...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pitchford, Corey
Other Authors: Mechanical Engineering
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/34946
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-09062007-140545/