Wireless sensor nodes for generic signal conditioning: Application to Structural Health Monitoring of wind turbines

The performance of the presented device is demonstrated for SHM of wind turbines. The commonly used system for SHM of wind turbines is installed during the construction of the structure and consists of wired sensors connected to a central data acquisition unit via cables. In this respect, the system developed in this work, which forms a wireless sensor network (WSN) for SHM, is compared to the commonly used system for SHM of wind turbines. The developed WSN offers two main advantages with respect to commonly used systems for SHM: installation and maintenance cost, and time, high reduction.