TP III.3 Site-specific assessment of the remaining service life of rotor blades using data-based finite element modeling

A sub-project in Innovation Area III – Life-Cycle Management of offshore wind turbines and wind farms

Understanding the real load and environmental conditions is crucial for analyzing the actual performance (service life) of the blade.

One challenge in this context is the limited availability of local stress data for re-evaluating the service life of the blade under real operating conditions.

Here, the Living Lab Offshore offers the unique opportunity to use data from the SHM system for a real and locally resolved fatigue analysis using a generic FE model of the rotor blade in order to determine the site-specific causes of damage development.