Review of inspection and quality control techniques for composite wind turbine blades

Udayanga  Galappaththi; Anjali DeSilva; Martin Macdonald; Olatunji Richard Adewale

doi:10.1784/insi.2012.54.2.82

Review of inspection and quality control techniques for composite wind turbine blades

Udayanga Galappaththi, Anjali DeSilva, Martin Macdonald, Olatunji Richard Adewale

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Abstract

The presented study covers an overview of the manufacturing defects of wind turbine blades, in-service damages and the available inspection techniques that are used to identify defects in wind turbine blades. In this paper, the detection capabilities and performance of visual inspection, acoustic emissions, ultrasonic testing and X-ray inspection have been reviewed. The paper describes the importance of developing quality control guidelines for wind turbine manufacturing sectors based on standard inspection methods.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	82-85
Number of pages	4
Journal	Insight - Non-Destructive Testing and Condition Monitoring
Volume	54
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1784/insi.2012.54.2.82
Publication status	Published - Feb 2012

Keywords

condition monitoring
wind turbines
mechanical engineering
inspection methods

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