Microwave Structural Health Monitoring of the Grouted Connection of a Monopile-Based Offshore Wind Turbine: Fatigue Testing Using a Scaled Laboratory Demonstrator

<div>Radar signal processing (yellow indicates missing data): (a) absolute time domain data from one antenna combination (Tx2 as transmitter and Rx2 as receiver); (b) root mean square (RMS) of each column shown in (a); (c) differential time domain data calculated by subtracting the first column of all columns shown in (a); (d) ratio of the RMS in (b) compared to the initial RMS value in (b).</div>

Structural Control and Health Monitoring

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Figure 8: Microwave Structural Health Monitoring of the Grouted Connection of a Monopile-Based Offshore Wind Turbine: Fatigue Testing Using a Scaled Laboratory Demonstrator 

Figure 8 | Microwave Structural Health Monitoring of the Grouted Connection of a Monopile-Based Offshore Wind Turbine: Fatigue Testing Using a Scaled Laboratory Demonstrator 