Structural health monitoring of wind turbines using a low-cost portable k-band radar: An ab-initio field investigation

Tooraj Nikoubin, Jose Maria Munoz-Ferreras, Roberto Gomez-Garcia, Daan Liang, Changzhi Li

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Abstract

This paper addresses an ab-initio field investigation around using low-cost portable radars to capture coherent Doppler signatures of wind turbines for structural health monitoring (SHM) applications. A handheld low-cost K-band radar sensor is employed to point at the blades of a turbine, and their Doppler signatures from different angles and distances are measured. In particular, spectrograms are built and analyzed. Preliminary results show that the derived Doppler information can be related to physical and kinematical features of the blades. This leads to a great potential of these low-cost radar sensors for real-time wind-turbine SHM.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2015 IEEE Topical Conference on Wireless Sensors and Sensor Networks, WiSNet 2015
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages69-71
Number of pages3
ISBN (Electronic)9781479955060
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 17 2015
Event2015 IEEE Topical Conference on Wireless Sensors and Sensor Networks, WiSNet 2015 - San Diego, United States
Duration: Jan 25 2015Jan 28 2015

Publication series

Name2015 IEEE Topical Conference on Wireless Sensors and Sensor Networks, WiSNet 2015

Conference

Conference2015 IEEE Topical Conference on Wireless Sensors and Sensor Networks, WiSNet 2015
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Diego
Period01/25/1501/28/15

Keywords

  • Doppler
  • K-band radar
  • portable
  • spectrogram
  • structural health monitoring (SHM)
  • wind turbine

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