Fatigue Strength Analysis of a Prototype Francis Turbine in a Multilevel Lifetime Assessment Procedure Part III: Instrumentation and Prototype Site Measurement

Part I of this series of publications addressed the background and fundamentals of the lifetime assessment of prototype Francis turbines. Part II concentrated on the developed methods of numerical calculation and assessment procedures. The present contribution (Part III) deals with the instrumentati...

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Published in:	Energies
Main Authors:	Eduard Doujak, Anton Maly, Julian Unterluggauer, Franz Haller, Michael Maier, Christian Blasbichler, Simon Stadler
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2023-08-01
Subjects:	hydropower hydraulic turbines lifetime assessment multilevel procedure measurements
Online Access:	https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/16/16/6072

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