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Operational strategies for offshore wind turbines to mitigate failure rate uncertainty on operational costs and revenue

, 2014
Several operational strategies for offshore wind farms have been established and explored in order to improve understanding of operational costs with a focus on heavy lift vessel strategies. Additionally, an investigation into the uncertainty surrounding
Dinwoodie, Iain Allan, McMillan, David
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Improving Affordability and Accessibility for Socially‐Beneficial Services via Government Incentives

Naval Research Logistics (NRL), EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Many socially‐beneficial services, like dental care, suffer from a dual challenge: Low affordability for citizens and long waiting times due to insufficient provider capacity. We model a government's problem of designing subsidy policies to address this issue.
Xiaoyan Zhao, Venus Lo, Stephen Shum
wiley   +1 more source

The importance of assessing downtime cost related factors towards an optimised machine tool calibration schedule

, 2013
Reducing downtime and assuring a high degree of accuracy of production machines, especially machine tools, have become increasingly important as the demand for higher production rates and closer tolerance continues to grow. The growing understanding of
Longstaff, Andrew P., Fletcher, Simon, Shagluf, Abubaker, Denton, Paul, Myers, Alan   +4 more
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A Review of Advances in Composite Materials, Structural Optimization, and Machine Learning for Wind Turbine Blades: Challenges and Future Perspectives

Polymer Composites, EarlyView.
Overview of the holistic engineering lifecycle and core research pillars for wind turbine blades. ABSTRACT This paper reviews recent advancements across the lifecycle of wind turbine blades, focusing on three interconnected areas: advanced composites, structural optimization, and machine learning (ML) diagnostics. In materials, we highlight progress in
Kemal Hasirci, Denizhan Yavas, Alaeddin Burak Irez   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Advanced manufacturing and digital twin technology for nuclear energy*

Frontiers in Energy Research
Advanced manufacturing techniques and digital twin technology are rapidly transforming the nuclear industry, offering the potential to enhance productivity, safety, and cost-effectiveness. Customized parts are being produced using additive manufacturing,
Kunal Mondal, Oscar Martinez, Prashant Jain   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Extruder‐based 3D printing of eco‐friendly polymers

Polymer International, EarlyView.
Eco‐friendly polymers, such as biodegradable and recycled materials, offer significant potential for the production of high‐quality 3D‐printed components, provided that their properties and characteristics meet the requirements of extruder‐based 3D printing.
Rui Zhang, Rene Sattler, Paul‐Maximilian Runge, Katalee Jariyavidyanont, Mengxue Du, Holm Altenbach, Mario Beiner, René Androsch   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Unmanned Aerial Systems for Corrosion Detection: Multi‐Sensor Technologies, Challenges, and Opportunities for Next‐Generation Inspection

Quality and Reliability Engineering International, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Corrosion remains a critical threat to the integrity and service life of infrastructure in industries such as oil, gas, construction, renewable energy, and transportation. Traditional inspection methods, being labor‐intensive, hazardous, and often subjective, fall short in addressing modern inspection demands.
Alhossein Alharbi, Yunes Alqudsi, Alhasan Ali Alharbi, Mohammed Basheer Mohiuddin   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

An autonomous network of acoustic detectors to map tiger risk by eavesdropping on prey alarm calls

Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, EarlyView.
Tiger population recovery brings with it increased fatalities from human‐tiger conflict. We describe a network of autonomous intelligent passive acoustic sensors that monitor the forest for deer alarm calls as a proxy for tiger risk and provide a risk map to local communities in real‐time.
Arik Kershenbaum, Andrew Markham, Holly Root‐Gutteridge, Bethany Smith, Casey Anderson, Riley McClaughry, Ramjan Chaudhary, Amogh Vishwakarma, Stephen Cummins, Angela Dassow   +9 more
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Maintenance Prioritization in Photovoltaic Installations Using a Hybrid Particle Swarm Optimization–Failure Mode and Effects Analysis–VIKOR Decision Framework

Energies
Photovoltaic (PV) installations require maintenance prioritization models capable of ranking technically diverse failure modes under operational, safety, and serviceability constraints.
Paweł Kut, Katarzyna Pietrucha-Urbanik, Sławomir Rabczak   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Structural health monitoring for wind turbine foundations

, 2013
The construction of onshore wind turbines has rapidly been increasing as the UK attempts to meet its renewable energy targets. As the UK’s future energy depends more on wind farms, safety and security are critical to the success of this renewable energy ...
Tachtatzis, Christos, Saafi, Mohamed, Quail, Francis, Currie, Magnus   +3 more
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