Virtual Structural Monitoring of Wind Turbines Using Operational Modal Analysis Techniques

Abstract:

Operational Modal Analysis (OMA), also known as output-only modal analysis, allows identifying modal parameters only by using the response measurements of the structures in operational conditions when the input forces cannot be measured. These information can then be used to improve numerical models in order to monitor the operating and structural conditions of the system. This is a critical aspect both for condition monitoring and maintenance of large wind turbines, particularly in the off-shore sector where operation and maintenance represent a high percentage of total costs. Although OMA is widely applied, the wind turbine case still remains an open issue. Numerical aeroelastic models could be used, once they have been validated, to introduce virtual damages to the structures in order to analyze the generated data. Results from such models can then be used as baseline to monitor the operating and structural condition of the machine.

• Periodical: Key Engineering Materials (Volumes 569-570)
• Pages: 523-530
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.569-570.523
• Online since: July 2013
• Authors: Emilio di Lorenzo, Simone Manzato, Bart Peeters, Herman van der Auweraer
• Keywords: Condition Monitoring, Damage Assessment, Operational Modal Analysis (OMA), Wind Turbine (WT)

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