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Wind turbine blade Anti / De-icing, combined Ultrasonic guided wave and vibration system (DEICE-UT)
Start date: Aug 1, 2013, End date: Jul 31, 2015,
The DeICE-UT project will overcome the current limitations of existing wind turbine blade de-icing systems by developing an innovative dual de-icing system combining both high power ultrasonic guided waves and low frequency vibrations. Previous work on helicopter blades has shown that low frequency vibrations are highly effective at de-icing across the blades except at the leading edges, whilst th ...
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Health Monitoring of Offshore Wind Farms (HEMOW)
Start date: Apr 1, 2011, End date: Mar 31, 2015,
Offshore wind farm health monitoring and maintenance are major challenges for renewable energy generation due to large scale, high cost and extreme environments. The development of faults in the tower or blades can cause serious secondary damage to the whole wind turbine system if prompt repair action is not taken and can lead to catastrophic failure. Although numerous techniques are being develop ...
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DEVELOPMENT OF NOVEL INSPECTION TECHNIQUES FOR TRAIN AXLES (AxleInspect)
Start date: Nov 1, 2011, End date: Oct 31, 2013,
The structural integrity of wheel sets used in rolling stock is of great importance to the rail industry and its customers. A number of rail accidents have been directly related to the failure of train axles, leading to increased demands for their inspection and maintenance. Visual inspection and Magnetic Particle Inspection are the current standard practices used for manual non-destructive testin ...
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