Unmanned Aerial Drones for Inspection of Offshore Wind Turbines: A Mission-Critical Failure Analysis

• Published in: Robotics (Basel) Vol. 10; no. 1; p. 26
• Main Authors: Shafiee, Mahmood, Zhou, Zeyu, Mei, Luyao, Dinmohammadi, Fateme, Karama, Jackson, Flynn, David
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 01.03.2021
• Subjects: drone; fault tree analysis; inspection; offshore wind; reliability; unmanned aerial vehicle

With increasing global investment in offshore wind energy and rapid deployment of wind power technologies in deep water hazardous environments, the in-service inspection of wind turbines and their related infrastructure plays an important role in the safe and efficient operation of wind farm fleets....