In recent years, composite materials have gained popularity in numerous high-tech and
engineering applications, owing to their outstanding physico-mechanical properties. They …

Wind turbines play an increasingly important role in renewable power generation. To ensure
the efficient production and financial viability of wind power, it is crucial to maintain wind …

Wind turbine structures are key components for modern transformation into free energy and
greener environment. In recent years, a rapid growth in the development and installation of …

A complete surveillance strategy for wind turbines requires both the condition monitoring
(CM) of their mechanical components and the structural health monitoring (SHM) of their …

Wind energy, with an exponential growth in the last years, is nowadays one of the most
important renewable energy sources. Modern wind turbines are bigger and complex to …

Wind Turbines (WT) are one of the fastest growing sources of power production in the world
today and there is a constant need to reduce the costs of operating and maintaining them …

In this paper, a data-driven framework is proposed to automatically detect wind turbine blade
surface cracks based on images taken by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Haar-like …

Deployment of larger scale wind turbine systems, particularly offshore, requires more
organized operation and maintenance strategies to ensure systems are safe, profitable and …

Early and effective detection of wind turbine blade (WTB) surface defects can avoid complex
and expensive repair problems and serious safety hazards. The traditional target detection …

Wind energy is one of the fastest growing renewable energy resources. It is distinctly
important to increase reliability and availability of wind turbines and further to reduce the …