Systems and methods for monitoring a structural health of a wind turbine

摘要

A structural health monitoring system (24,500) for use with a wind turbine is provided. The structural health monitoring system includes at least one sensor (56) mountable with respect to a structural component (504) of the wind turbine and configured to sense a structural discontinuity formed within the structural component, the sensor further configured to transmit at least one monitoring signal indicative of the structural discontinuity, and a controller (302) communicatively coupled to the sensor for receiving the monitoring signal from the sensor, the controller configured to determine a structural health of the wind turbine based on the received signal.