Dongling MonitoringIntegrated Testing / Sensing / Monitoring
Wind farm projects, China

Wind Farm Tower, Foundation, and Flange Monitoring

A structural monitoring case group covering tower vibration, foundation response, rotating-structure vibration trends, flange gap change, bolt loosening risk, and severe-weather condition monitoring.

Project Type

Civil Infrastructure Structural Monitoring

System Scale

wind turbine towers, foundations, substations, and severe-weather monitoring points

Data Output

tower vibration, tilt, dynamic strain, flange gap trend, bolt loosening indicators, foundation response, environmental data, and alarm records

Engineering Value

How the system supported engineering decisions

The case converts wind turbine tower, foundation, blade, flange, and bolt indicators into one DL wind monitoring architecture.

Severe-weather environmental loading is expressed as an engineering RFQ input rather than an isolated product parameter.

AI risk evaluation and digital twin review support maintenance planning across wind farm assets.

Monitoring Content

Monitoring scope and field constraints addressed by the deployment

Wind turbine towers and foundations required synchronized vibration, tilt, strain, and environmental response monitoring under severe wind loading.

Flange and bolt risk needed trend recognition from gap change, vibration features, and historical response rather than manual inspection only.

Wind farm owners needed remote transmission, automatic brief generation, and AI-based risk evaluation for maintenance planning.

System Configuration

Configured system architecture and data path

Wind foundation monitoring architecture

Field Devices

DL-SEN vibration, tilt, strain, crack, and environmental sensing points installed on wind tower, foundation, flange, and blade-related positions

Communication Layer

DL-DAQ distributed acquisition with protected field cabinets and remote transmission to the monitoring center

Central Platform

DL-SHM platform for waveform review, trend storage, risk evaluation, digital twin display, and maintenance brief output

Case Visual Evidence

Source visuals and deployment references

Wind turbine monitoring network

Wind turbine monitoring network

Turbine sensors, local acquisition, central station, and remote diagnosis workflow.

Blade and nacelle monitoring detail

Blade and nacelle monitoring detail

Blade vibration, rotating structure, and nacelle-side measurement points.

Nacelle internal sensor layout

Nacelle internal sensor layout

Monitoring arrangement for nacelle and drivetrain-related structural response.

Flange and bolt loosening monitoring

Flange and bolt loosening monitoring

Flange gap and bolt-related monitoring points for looseness trend review.

Monitoring Platform Screens

Wind farm overview, trend analysis, and alarm status

3D wind farm overview

3D wind farm overview

Wind farm asset status, turbine distribution, and safety points are presented in one operating view.

Integrated trend dashboard

Integrated trend dashboard

Long-term trend curves support condition review and abnormal operating-condition analysis.

Alarm and status panel

Alarm and status panel

Turbine-level foundation, flange, vibration, and blade status are grouped for maintenance review.

Sensor Deployment

Sensor layout and measurement purpose

Tower and foundation

DL-SEN acceleration, tilt, and strain sensors

Measure tower vibration, tower posture, foundation response, and dynamic strain under operating conditions

Flange and bolt sections

DL-SEN crack, angle, and vibration sensing points

Track flange gap trends, bolt loosening risk, and local vibration feature change

Wind farm field station

DL-DAQ systems

Synchronize tower, foundation, blade, flange, and environmental channels

Monitoring center

DL-SYS-001

Provide remote display, AI risk evaluation, digital twin review, and maintenance reports

DL-SEN field sensors to DL-DAQ synchronized acquisition, acquisition to DL-SHM platform, platform to alarm, report, and maintenance workflow

Data Analysis Results

Monitoring indicators and interpretation

Trend comparison
Trend comparison
Event waveform
Event waveform

Tower vibration and tilt

operating-condition response trends

Maintenance teams could correlate tower response with wind and severe-weather conditions.

Flange and bolt risk

gap, angle, and vibration features reviewed together

The workflow supported loosening trend recognition before severe structural risk.

Wind farm monitoring coverage

Multiple wind farm asset types represented

The case validates wind monitoring as a repeatable SHM scenario.

Engineering Credibility

Reliability, topology, and project validation

99.98%

target data availability

IP67/68

field protection classes

4G/Fiber

site transmission options

RFQ

project-based configuration

Measurement planning

Monitoring object, measurement range, sampling rate, and signal type guide project configuration.

Communication options

DL systems support project configurations using wired, wireless, GNSS, and gateway-based communication methods.

Documentation support

Datasheets and technical selection information are available upon request for RFQ preparation.

Product selection should be confirmed against site conditions, measurement points, installation environment, and expected data output.

Structured RFQ Path

Request path for Civil Infrastructure Structural Monitoring Project

Step 1

Define Data Nodes

Sensor, wireless node, GNSS station, seismic unit, or DAQ field layer.

Step 2

Configure Network

Civil infrastructure, industrial equipment, heritage, seismic, or research monitoring chain.

Step 3

Build RFQ Scope

Asset type, measurement points, channels, sampling rate, communication, environment, and duration.

Step 4

Review Proposal

Receive system architecture, product configuration, data output, and engineering review structure.

Project Overview

Engineering context and monitoring scope

Wind farms required long-term safety evidence for tower and foundation behavior under wind and severe-weather conditions. Source deployments covered multiple wind farm projects, with monitoring focused on tower vibration, tilt, dynamic strain, flange gap, and online risk evaluation.

Client type

Wind farm owner, design institute, and maintenance team

System scale

wind turbine towers, foundations, substations, and severe-weather monitoring points

Project type

Civil Infrastructure Structural Monitoring