TY  - CONF
A1  - Stamm, Michael
A1  - Sridaran Venkat, Ramanan
T1  - Harnessing the power of thermal imagery and visual inspection- a mean for reliable damage detection of wind turbine rotor blades
N2  - Generation of green electricity as part of the energy transition is leading to a growing market in the wind energy sector all over the world. Maintenance and inspection are key to the reliability, safety and efficiency of wind turbines, the regular maintenance of rotor blades focuses on damage such as erosion on the leading edge of the profile, delamination and thermal cracks due to lightning strikes. To date, visual inspection by technicians (climbers) has been the state of the art and it is time consuming besides posing safety risk for themselves. Recently, drone-based inspections using visual cameras have become more common, enabling fast, reliable and cost-effective inspections. However, no internal damage to the rotor blades can be detected during such an inspection. Thermography is a recognised method for detecting damage beneath the surface of an object, which has been promoted and further developed at BAM for years. To enhance the accuracy and reliability of wind turbine blade inspection, the fusion o
T2  - 11th European Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring
CY  - Potsdam, Germany
DA  - 10.06.2024
KW  - Wind rotor blade inspection
KW  - Thermography
KW  - Data fusion
KW  - Drone inspection
KW  - Multi-sensors
PY  - 2024
AN  - OPUS4-62515
LA  - eng
AD  - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER  -