Patent ID: 11940355
Assignee: SIEMENS GAMESA RENEWABLE ENERGY A/S
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  Y | IPC G

Claim 13:
14. A method of carrying out a fatigue test procedure on a wind turbine rotor blade, the method comprising:
securing a root end of the wind turbine rotor blade to a support unit;
mounting a stiffness augmentation assembly to the wind turbine rotor blade over a mounting length, wherein the stiffness augmentation assembly increases the stiffness of the wind turbine rotor blade in the mounting length;
mounting a number of load emulator fittings to the wind turbine rotor blade;
connecting an exciter to a load emulator fitting of the number of load emulator fittings;
and
actuating the exciter for a predetermined duration.