Application for Wind Turbine Blades

The following text and images are taken from the five lectures given by Malcolm McGugan in the CISM ”New Trends in Structural Health Monitoring” Advanced Professional Training Course on the 20th-24th of June, 2011 in Udine, Italy.

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