Abstract: Wind turbine (WT) blade structural health monitoring (SHM) is important as it allows damage or misalignment to be detected before it causes catastrophic damage such as that caused by the blade striking the tower. Both of ...

Abstract: A series of Y0.2 Zrx Ce0.8−x O1.9 compounds (0 ≤ x ≤ 0.6) had been prepared by the modified sol-gel method and characterized by powder X-ray diffraction, thermo-gravimetric analysis, four-probe ...

Abstract: In this paper, the theoretical analysis and the inversion of the contact stress on the finite thickness rubber contact surface with the friction effect are investigated. First, an explicit expression of deformation and ...