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

Table 1

Operating parameters of the radar sensor.

Parameter or component	Value	Comment
Housing	IP66	Robust, dust-proof, and waterproof
Interface	Ethernet	High data rates over long distances
Power supply	PoE	Common cable for interface and power supply
Power consumption	∼10 W	Limited by the PoE splitter used
Cooling	Passive	No active cooling (fan) required
Minimum frequency	∼100 MHz
Maximum frequency	2 GHz
Max. transmission power	1 W	Reducible by ∼40 dB
HF connector	N-female	Robust
Impedance	50 Ω	For all transmission and reception channels
Transmission channels	2	Operation individually or in parallel
Receive channels	3	Simultaneous reception and evaluation
Weight	3 kg	Without cable and environmental sensor