Development of an Embedded Thin-film Strain-sensor-based SHM for Composite Tidal Turbine Blades

Dongning Zhao; Shafqat Rasool; Michael  Forde; Bryan Weafer; Finlay Wallace; Edward Archer; Alistair McIlhagger; James  McLaughlin

Development of an Embedded Thin-film Strain-sensor-based SHM for Composite Tidal Turbine Blades

Dongning Zhao, Shafqat Rasool, Michael Forde, Bryan Weafer, Finlay Wallace, Edward Archer, Alistair McIlhagger, James McLaughlin

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Abstract

Recently, there has been growing demand in developing low-cost, effective structure health monitoring system for tidal turbine blades. Non-destructive structural health monitoring is essential for safety and reliability of marine kinetic energy related fields. In this work, with measuring the strain inside composites, we are developing a novel scheme to embed a resistive-strain-based thin-metal-film sensory into the blade sparcap that is made of composite laminates to determine structural integrity and presence of defects. The internal strain reading from embedded strain sensor under three-point-bending test standard is conducted. Experiment results shows that our proposed method will provide another SHM alternative to reduce sensing costs during the renewable green energy generation.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference
Subtitle of host publication	12th EWTC, 27 Aug - 1 Sept 2017, Cork, Ireland
Publisher	EWTEC
Number of pages	5
Publication status	Published - Sept 2017
Externally published	Yes

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Name	EWTEC Proceedings
Publisher	EWTEC
Number	12
ISSN (Print)	2309-1983

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Development of an Embedded Thin-film Strain-sensor-based SHM for Composite Tidal Turbine Blades. / Zhao, Dongning; Rasool, Shafqat; Forde, Michael et al.
Proceedings of the European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference: 12th EWTC, 27 Aug - 1 Sept 2017, Cork, Ireland. EWTEC, 2017. 731 (EWTEC Proceedings; No. 12).

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Development of an Embedded Thin-film Strain-sensor-based SHM for Composite Tidal Turbine Blades

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