The reliability of the wind turbine blade (WTB) evaluation using a new criterion is presented in the work. Variation of the ultrasonic guided waves (UGW) phase velocity is proposed to be used as a new criterion for defect detection. Based on an intermediate value between the maximum and minimum values, the calculation of the phase velocity threshold is used for defect detection, location and sizing. The operation of the proposed technique is verified using simulation and experimental studies. The artificially milled defect having a diameter of 81 mm on the segment of WTB is used for verification of the proposed technique. After the application of the proposed evaluation technique for analysis of the simulated B-scan image, the coordinates of defect edges have been estimated with relative errors of 3.7% and 3%, respectively. The size of the defect was estimated with a relative error of 2.7%. In the case of an experimentally measured B-scan image, the coordinates of defect edges have been estimated with relative errors of 12.5% and 3.9%, respectively. The size of the defect was estimated with a relative error of 10%. The comparative results obtained by modelling and experiment show the suitability of the proposed new criterion to be used for the defect detection tasks solving.

Download full-text PDF

Source
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8309722PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s21144879DOI Listing

Publication Analysis

Top Keywords

estimated relative
16
phase velocity
12
defect detection
12
wind turbine
8
variation ultrasonic
8
ultrasonic guided
8
guided waves
8
proposed criterion
8
defect
8
criterion defect
8

Similar Publications

Effects of combinations of the essential oils trans-anethole, thymol and carvacrol against larvae of the screwworm fly Cochliomyia hominivorax in vitro.

Vet Parasitol

January 2025

Laboratório de Quimioterapia Experimental em Parasitologia Veterinária (LQEPV), Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Seropédica, Brazil; Departamento de Parasitologia Animal, Instituto de Medicina Veterinária, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Seropédica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

This study investigated the combined effect of trans-anethole, carvacrol and thymol on third-instar larvae of C. hominivorax. For this experiment, third-stage larvae of C.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Gadopiclenol Enables Reduced Gadolinium Dose While Maintaining Quality of Pulmonary Arterial Enhancement for Pulmonary MRA: An Opportunity for Improved Safety and Sustainability.

Invest Radiol

January 2025

From the Departments of Radiology (J.F.H., S.Y.C., J.-P.G., J.S., P.N., S.B.R., T.M.G.), Biomedical Engineering (S.B.R., T.M.G.), Medical Physics (S.Y.C., S.B.R., T.M.G.), Medicine (S.B.R.), and Emergency Medicine (S.B.R.), University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI; and Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology (J.F.H., J.-P.G.), University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.

Rationale And Objectives: Pulmonary magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) is an imaging method with proven utility for the exclusion of pulmonary embolism and avoids the need for ionizing radiation and iodinated contrast agents. High-relaxivity gadolinium-based contrast agents (GBCAs), such as gadopiclenol, can be used to reduce the required gadolinium dose for pulmonary MRA. The aim of this study was to compare the contrast enhancement performance of gadopiclenol with an established gadobenate dimeglumine-enhanced pulmonary MRA protocol.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Ambient Air Pollution and COPD: The Multiethnic Cohort Study.

Ann Am Thorac Soc

January 2025

University of California San Francisco, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, San Francisco, California, United States.

Rationale: Globally, in 2019, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) was the third leading cause of death. While tobacco smoking is the predominant risk factor, the role of long-term air pollution exposure in increasing risk of COPD remains unclear. Moreover, there are few studies that have been conducted in racial and ethnic minoritized and socioeconomically diverse populations, while accounting for smoking history and other known risk factors.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Objectives: Medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) reduces morbidity and mortality for patients with opioid use disorder (OUD). Recent administrative and legislative changes have made MOUD possible in the prehospital setting. We use an implementation science framework to outline the Reach of a fire department EMS-based Mobile Integrated Health (MIH) prehospital MOUD program.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Child mortality in England after national lockdowns for COVID-19: An analysis of childhood deaths, 2019-2023.

PLoS Med

January 2025

National Child Mortality Database, Bristol Medical School, St Michael's Hospital, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom.

Background: During the COVID-19 pandemic children and young people (CYP) mortality in England reduced to the lowest on record, but it is unclear if the mechanisms which facilitated a reduction in mortality had a longer lasting impact, and what impact the pandemic, and its social restrictions, have had on deaths with longer latencies (e.g., malignancies).

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Want AI Summaries of new PubMed Abstracts delivered to your In-box?

Enter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!