Structural Health Monitoring

• German Research Facility for Wind Energy (DFWind)

  The project aims to lay the foundation of a research and development platform which concentrates on the usage of wind turbines throughout the entire functional chain in a so far unattained quality. The research is focused on the interaction of the subsystems as part of the overall structure, under consideration of mutual influences of two separate wind turbines and the effect on the integrated network as well. The ISD will be concentrating on intelligent measurement data analysis, Structural Health Monitoring as well as the calculation of coupled dynamical systems.

  Led by: Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Raimund Rolfes

  Team: Dr.-Ing. Tanja Grießmann, M.Sc. Leon Liesecke, M.Sc Helge Jauken, M.Sc. Stefan Wernitz, M.Sc. Benedikt Hofmeister

  Year: 2020

  Funding: Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy

  Duration: 12/2020-12/2025
• SysDamp – Innovative methods to determine damping for realistic service life predictions of new wind turbines

  The rotor blades of wind turbines are becoming increasingly longer and slimmer over time, which leads to significant deformations and vibrations. For realistic design and lifetime assessment, it is therefore essential to accurately determine and predict the damping of the overall system. The goal of the SysDamp project is to develop evaluation algorithms that can convert data measured in field tests into damping parameters. These parameters are then applied to future turbine designs.

  Led by: Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Raimund Rolfes

  Team: Dr.-Ing. Tanja Grießmann, M.Sc. Helge Jauken, M.Sc. Leon Minne, M.Sc. Leon Liesecke

  Year: 2024

  Funding: Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK) over Projektträger Jülich (PTJ)

  Duration: 01/2024 - 12/2026