IMIS - Marine Research Groups

Weijtjens, Wout
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Vrije Universiteit Brussel; Faculteit Ingenieurswetenschappen; Vakgroep Toegepaste Mechanica; Acoustics and Vibration Research Group (AVRG), more

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A1 Publications (21) [show]
Hlaing, N.; Morato, P.G.; de Nolasco Santos, F.; Weijtjens, W.; Devriendt, C.; Rigo, P. (2024). Farm-wide virtual load monitoring for offshore wind structures via Bayesian neural networks. Structural Health Monitoring 23(3): 1641-1663. https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/14759217231186048, more de Nolasco Santos, F.; D'Antuono, P.; Robbelein, K.; Noppe, N.; Weijtjens, W.; Devriendt, C. (2023). Long-term fatigue estimation on offshore wind turbines interface loads through loss function physics-guided learning of neural networks. Renew. Energy 205: 461-474. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2023.01.093, more Sadeghi, N.; D'Antuono, P.; Noppe, N.; Robbelein, K.; Weijtjens, W.; Devriendt, C. (2023). Quantifying the effect of low-frequency fatigue dynamics on offshore wind turbine foundations: a comparative study. Wind Energy Science 8(12): 1839-1852. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/wes-8-1839-2023, more Stuyts, B.; Weijtjens, W.; Gkougkoudi-Papaioannou, M.; Devriendt, C.; Troch, P.; Kheffache, A. (2023). Insights from in-situ pore pressure monitoring around a wind turbine monopile. Ocean Eng. 269: 113556. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2022.113556, more Stuyts, B.; Weijtjens, W.; Devriendt, C. (2023). Development of a semi-structured database for back-analysis of the foundation stiffness of offshore wind monopiles. Acta Geotechnica 18: 379-393. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11440-022-01551-3, more de Nolasco Santos, F.; Noppe, N.; Weijtjens, W.; Devriendt, C. (2022). Data-driven farm-wide fatigue estimation on jacket-foundation OWTs for multiple SHM setups. Wind Energy Science 7(1): 299-321. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/wes-7-299-2022, more Fallais, D.J.M.; Henkel, M.; Noppe, N.; Weijtjens, W.; Devriendt, C. (2022). Multilevel RTN removal tools for dynamic FBG strain measurements corrupted by peak-splitting artefacts. Sensors 22(1): 92. https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s22010092, more Henkel, M.; Weijtjens, W.; Devriendt, C. (2021). Fatigue stress estimation for submerged and sub-soil welds of offshore wind turbines on monopiles using modal expansion. Energies (Basel) 14(22): 7576. https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en14227576, more Weijtjens, W.; Stang, A.; Devriendt, C.; Schaumann, P. (2021). Bolted ring flanges in offshore-wind support structures - in-situ validation of load-transfer behaviour. Journal of Constructional Steel Research 176: 106361. https://hdl.handle.net/10.1016/j.jcsr.2020.106361, more Henkel, M.; Häfele, J.; Weijtjens, W.; Devriendt, C.; Gebhardt, C.G.; Rolfes, R. (2020). Strain estimation for offshore wind turbines with jacket substructures using dual-band modal expansion. Mar. Struct. 71: 102731. https://hdl.handle.net/10.1016/j.marstruc.2020.102731, more Hubler, C.; Weijtjens, W.; Gebhardt, C.G.; Rolfes, R.; Devriendt, C. (2019). Validation of improved sampling concepts for offshore wind turbine fatigue design. Energies (Basel) 12(4): 603. https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en12040603, more Maia, Q.A.; Weijtjens, W.; Devriendt, C.; Morato, P.G.; Rigo, P.; Sørensen, J.D. (2019). Prediction of remaining fatigue life of welded joints in wind turbine support structures considering strain measurement and a joint distribution of oceanographic data. Mar. Struct. 66: 307-322. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marstruc.2019.05.002, more Maes, K.; Weijtjens, W.; de Ridder, E.-J.; Lombaert, G. (2018). Inverse estimation of breaking wave loads on monopile wind turbines. Ocean Eng. 163: 544-554. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2018.05.049, more Noppe, N.; Weijtjens, W.; Devriendt, C. (2018). Modeling of quasi-static thrust load of wind turbines based on 1 s SCADA data. Wind Energy Science 3(1): 139-147. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/wes-3-139-2018, more Iliopoulos, A.; Weijtjens, W.; Van Hemelrijck, D.; Devriendt, C. (2017). Fatigue assessment of offshore wind turbines on monopile foundations using multi-band modal expansion. Wind Energ. 20(8): 1463-1479. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/we.2104, more Iliopoulos, A.; Shirzadeh, R.; Weijtjens, W.; Guillaume, P.; Van Hemelrijck, D.; Devriendt, C. (2016). A modal decomposition and expansion approach for prediction of dynamic responses on a monopile offshore wind turbine using a limited number of vibration sensors. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing 68-69: 84-104. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ymssp.2015.07.016, more Maes, K.; Iliopoulos, A.; Weijtjens, W.; Devriendt, C.; Lombaert, G. (2016). Dynamic strain estimation for fatigue assessment of an offshore monopile wind turbine using filtering and modal expansion algorithms. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing 76-77: 592-611. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ymssp.2016.01.004, more Weijtjens, W.; Verbelen, T.; De Sitter, G.; Devriendt, C. (2016). Foundation structural health monitoring of an offshore wind turbinea full-scale case study. Structural Health Monitoring 15(4): 389-402. https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1475921715586624, more Shirzadeh, R.; Weijtjens, W.; Guillaume, P.; Devriendt, C. (2015). The dynamics of an offshore wind turbine in parked conditions: a comparison between simulations and measurements. Wind Energ. 18(10): 1685-1702. dx.doi.org/10.1002/we.1781, more Devriendt, C.; Magalhaes, F.; Weijtjens, W.; De Sitter, G.; Cunha, A.; Guillaume, P. (2014). Structural health monitoring of offshore wind turbines using automated operational modal analysis. Structural Health Monitoring 13(6): 644-659. dx.doi.org/10.1177/1475921714556568, more Devriendt, C.; Weijtjens, W.; El-Kafafy, M.; De Sitter, G. (2014). Monitoring resonant frequencies and damping values of an offshore wind turbine in parked conditions. IET Renew. Power Gener. 8(4): 433-441. http://dx.doi.org/10.1049/iet-rpg.2013.0229, more
Peer reviewed publications (9) [show]
Robbelein, K.; Daems, P.-J.; Verstraeten, T.; Noppe, N.; Weijtjens, W.; Helsen, J.; Devriendt, C. (2023). Effect of curtailment scenarios on the loads and lifetime of offshore wind turbine generator support structures. Journal of Physics: Conference Series 2507: 012013. https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2507/1/012013, more de Nolasco Santos, F.; Noppe, N.; Weijtjens, W.; Devriendt, C. (2020). SCADA-based neural network thrust load model for fatigue assessment: cross validation with in-situ measurements. Journal of Physics: Conference Series 1618(2): 022020. https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/1618/2/022020, more Noppe, N.; Hubler, C.; Devriendt, C.; Weijtjens, W. (2020). Validated extrapolation of measured damage within an offshore wind farm using instrumented fleet leaders. Journal of Physics: Conference Series 1618(2): 022005. https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/1618/2/022005, more Hubler, C.; Weijtjens, W.; Rolfes, R.; Devriendt, C. (2018). Reliability analysis of fatigue damage extrapolations of wind turbines using offshore strain measurements. Journal of Physics: Conference Series 1037: 032035. https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/1037/3/032035, more Weijtjens, W.; Verbelen, T.; Capello, E.; Devriendt, C. (2017). Vibration based structural health monitoring of the substructures of five offshore wind turbines. Procedia Engineering 199: 2294-2299. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2017.09.187, more Noppe, N.; Iliopoulos, A.; Weijtjens, W.; Devriendt, C. (2016). Full load estimation of an offshore wind turbine based on SCADA and accelerometer data. Journal of Physics: Conference Series 753: 072025. https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/753/7/072025, more Weijtjens, W.; Noppe, N.; Verbelen, T.; Iliopoulos, A.; Devriendt, C. (2016). Offshore wind turbine foundation monitoring, extrapolating fatigue measurements from fleet leaders to the entire wind farm. Journal of Physics: Conference Series 753: 092018. https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/753/9/092018, more Iliopoulos, A.N.; Weijtjens, W.; Van Hemelrijck, D.; Devriendt, C. (2015). Prediction of dynamic strains on a monopile offshore wind turbine using virtual sensors. Journal of Physics: Conference Series 628: 012108. https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/628/1/012108, more De Sitter, G.; Weijtjens, W.; El Kafafy, M.; Devriendt, C. (2013). Monitoring changes in the soil and foundation characteristics of an offshore wind turbine using automated operational modal analysis, in: Basu, B. (Ed.) Damage Assessment of Structures X. 10th International Conference on Damage Assessment of Structures (DAMAS), July 08-10, 2013, Dublin. Key Engineering Materials, 569-570: pp. 652-659. https://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.569-570.652, more
Book chapters (27) [show]
Bel-Hadj, Y.; Weijtjens, W. (2023). Anomaly detection in vibration signals for structural health monitoring of an offshore wind turbine, in: Rizzo, P. et al. European Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring. EWSHM 2022 - Volume 3. pp. 348-358. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-07322-9_36, more D'Antuono, P.; Weijtjens, W.; Devriendt, C. (2023). On the minimum required sampling frequency for reliable fatigue lifetime estimation in structural health monitoring. How much is enough?, in: Rizzo, P. et al. European Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring. EWSHM 2022 - Volume 1. pp. 133-142. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-07254-3_14, more de Nolasco Santos, F.; Robbelein, K.; D'Antuono, P.; Noppe, N.; Weijtjens, W.; Devriendt, C. (2023). Towards a fleetwide data-driven lifetime assessment methodology of offshore wind support structures based on SCADA and SHM data, in: Rizzo, P. et al. European Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring. EWSHM 2022 - Volume 1. pp. 123-132. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-07254-3_13, more Goethals, A.; Mentens, J.; Mathys, P.; Rumes, B.; Moerman, D.; Heylen, B.; Mouffe, L.; Gabriëls, S.; Deleu, P.; Paladin, P.; Weijtjens, W.; Jordaens, P.J.; Moulaert, I.; Dauwe, S. (2023). Energie (inclusief kabels en leidingen). Compendium voor Kust en Zee = Compendium for Coast and Sea 2023: 1-26. https://dx.doi.org/10.48470/45, more Goethals, A.; Mentens, J.; Mathys, P.; Rumes, B.; Moerman, D.; Heylen, B.; Mouffe, L.; Gabriëls, S.; Deleu, P.; Paladin, P.; Weijtjens, W.; Jordaens, P.J.; Moulaert, I.; Dauwe, S. (2023). Energy (including cables and pipes). Compendium voor Kust en Zee = Compendium for Coast and Sea 2023: 1-25. https://dx.doi.org/10.48470/46, more Goethals, A.; Mentens, J.; Mathys, P.; Rumes, B.; Moerman, D.; Heylen, B.; Mouffe, L.; Gabriëls, S.; Deleu, P.; Paladin, P.; Weijtjens, W.; Jordaens, P.J.; Moulaert, I.; Dauwe, S. (2022). Energie (inclusief kabels en leidingen), in: Dauwe, S. et al. Kennisgids Gebruik Kust en Zee 2022 - Compendium voor Kust en Zee. pp. 79-104, more Goethals, A.; Mentens, J.; Mathys, P.; Rumes, B.; Moerman, D.; Heylen, B.; Mouffe, L.; Gabriëls, S.; Deleu, P.; Paladin, P.; Weijtjens, W.; Jordaens, P.J.; Moulaert, I.; Dauwe, S. (2022). Energy (including cables and pipes), in: Dauwe, S. et al. Knowledge Guide Coast and Sea 2022 - Compendium for Coast and Sea. pp. 79-102, more Henkel, M.; Weijtjens, W.; Devriendt, C. (2019). Validation of virtual sensing on subsoil strain data of an offshore wind turbine, in: Amador, S.D.R. et al. 8th International Operational Modal Analysis Conference (IOMAC 2019). pp. 765-774, more Heylen, B.; Moerman, D.; Mouffe, L.; De Maeyer, J.; Mathys, P.; Rumes, B.; Devriendt, C.; Weijtjens, W.; Dauwe, S.; Pirlet, H. (2018). Energie (inclusief kabels en leidingen), in: Devriese, L. et al. Kennisgids Gebruik Kust en Zee 2018 - Compendium voor Kust en Zee. Compendium voor Kust en Zee = Compendium for Coast and Sea, : pp. 91-114, more Heylen, B.; Moerman, D.; Mouffe, L.; De Maeyer, J.; Mathys, P.; Rumes, B.; Devriendt, C.; Weijtjens, W.; Dauwe, S.; Pirlet, H. (2018). Energy (including cables and pipes), in: Devriese, L. et al. Knowledge Guide Coast and Sea 2018 - Compendium for Coast and Sea. Compendium voor Kust en Zee = Compendium for Coast and Sea, : pp. 91-113, more Noppe, N.; Tatsis, K.; Chatzi, E.; Devriendt, C.; Weijtjens, W. (2018). Fatigue stress estimation of offshore wind turbine using a Kalman filter in combination with accelerometers, in: Desmet, W. et al. Proceedings of ISMA2018 - International Conference on Noise and Vibration Engineering & USD2018 - International Conference on Uncertainty in Structural Dynamics. pp. 4847-4855, more Bunnik, T.; Weijtjens, W.; Devriendt, C. (2017). Simulation of wave impacts at BELWIND offshore wind farm and comparison with full-scale measurements, in: Proceedings of the ASME 2017 36th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering (OMAE2017): Volume 10: Ocean Renewable Energy. pp. 1-7, more Iliopoulos, A.; Van Hemelrijck, D.; Noppe, N.; Weijtjens, W.; Devriendt, C. (2017). Effective virtual sensing scheme for fatigue assessment of monopile offshore wind turbines, in: Bakker, J. et al. (Ed.) (2016). Life-Cycle of Engineering Systems: Emphasis on Sustainable Civil Infrastructure: Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium on Life-Cycle Civil Engineering (IALCCE 2016), 16-19 October 2016, Delft, The Netherlands. pp. 305-310, more Weijtjens, W.; Noppe, N.; Verbelen, T.; Devriendt, C.; Iliopoulos, A. (2017). Fatigue life assessment of three offshore wind turbines, in: Bakker, J. et al. (Ed.) Life-Cycle of Engineering Systems: Emphasis on Sustainable Civil Infrastructure: Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium on Life-Cycle Civil Engineering (IALCCE 2016), 16-19 October 2016, Delft, The Netherlands. pp. 742-747, more Iliopoulos, A.; Weijtjens, W.; Van Hemelrijck, D.; Devriendt, C. (2016). Full-field strain prediction applied to an offshore wind turbine, in: Atamturktur, S. et al. Model validation and uncertainty quantification, volume 3. Proceedings of the 34th IMAC, a conference and exposition on structural dynamics 2016. pp. 349-357. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29754-5_34, more Maes, K.; De Roeck, G.; Iliopoulos, A.; Weijtjens, W.; Devriendt, C.; Lombaert, G. (2016). Online input and state estimation in structural dynamics, in: Di Miao, D. et al. Special topics in structural dynamics, volume 6. Proceedings of the 34th IMAC, a conference and exposition on structural dynamics 2016. pp. 1-10. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29910-5_1, more Maes, K.; De Roeck, G.; Iliopoulos, A.; Weijtjens, W.; Devriendt, C.; Lombaert, G. (2016). Kalman filter based strain estimation for fatigue assessment of an offshore monopile wind turbine, in: Sas, P. et al. (Ed.) Proceedings of ISMA 2016 International Conference on Noise and Vibration Engineering and USD2016 International Conference on Uncertainty in Structural Dynamics. pp. 1649-1661, more Iliopoulos, A.; Weijtjens, W.; Van Hemelrijck, D.; Devriendt, C. (2015). Long-term prediction of dynamic responses on an offshore wind turbine using a virtual sensor approach, in: Chang, F.-K. et al. (Ed.) 10th International Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring 2015: System Reliability for Verification and Implementation. pp. 2793-2800, more Weijtjens, W.; De Sitter, G.; Devriendt, C.; Guillaume, P. (2015). Automated operational modal analysis on an offshore wind turbine: challenges, results and opportunities, in: Aenlle, M.L. et al. (Ed.) IOMAC'15. 6th International Operational Modal Analysis Conference. pp. 713-730, more Weijtjens, W.; Noppe, N.; Iliopoulos, A.; Devriendt, C. (2015). Monitoring the consumed fatigue life on three offshore wind turbines, in: Chang, F.-K. et al. (Ed.) 10th International Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring 2015: System Reliability for Verification and Implementation. pp. 2809-2816, more Devriendt, C.; El-Kafafy, M.; Weijtjens, W.; De Sitter, G.; Guillaume, P. (2014). Evaluation of different automated operational modal analysis techniques for the continuous monitoring of offshore wind turbines, in: Cunha, A. et al. (Ed.) Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Structural Dynamics, EURODYN 2014. pp. 2239-2246, more El-Kafafy, M.; Devriendt, C.; Weijtjens, W.; De Sitter, G.; Guillaume, P. (2014). Evaluating different automated Operational Modal Analysis techniques for the continuous monitoring of offshore wind turbines, in: Catbas, F.N. (Ed.) Dynamics of Civil Structures, Volume 4. Proceedings of the 32nd IMAC, a conference and exposition on structural dynamics, 2014. pp. 313-329. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04546-7_35, more Guillaume, P.; Weijtjens, W.; Elkafafy, M.; De Troyer, T.; Devriendt, C.; De Sitter, G. (2014). Innovative system identification methods for monitoring applications, in: Cunha, A. et al. (Ed.) Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Structural Dynamics, EURODYN 2014. pp. 125-131, more Manzato, S.; Devriendt, C.; Weijtjens, W.; Di Lorenzo, E.; Peeters, B.; Guillaume, P. (2014). Removing the influence of rotor harmonics for improved monitoring of offshore wind turbines, in: Catbas, F.N. (Ed.) Dynamics of Civil Structures, Volume 4. Proceedings of the 32nd IMAC, a conference and exposition on structural dynamics, 2014. pp. 299-312. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04546-7_34, more Weijtjens, W.; Verbelen, T.; De Sitter, G.; Devriendt, C. (2014). Data normalization for foundation SHM of an offshore wind turbine: a real-life case study, in: 7th European Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring. pp. 9, more Devriendt, C.; Magalhães, F.; Weijtjens, W.; De Sitter, G.; Cunha, A.; Guillaume, P. (2013). Structural health monitoring of offshore wind turbines using automated Operational Modal Analysis, in: Chang, F.-K. (Ed.) Structural Health Monitoring 2013: a roadmap to intelligent structures. pp. 2415-2422, more Devriendt, C.; Magalhães, F.; Weijtjens, W.; De Sitter, G.; Cunha, A.; Guillaume, P. (2013). Automatic identification of the modal parameters of an offshore wind turbine using state-of-the-art operational modal analysis techniques, in: 5th International Operational Modal Analysis Conference (IOMAC 2013). , more
Other publication [show]
Motte, K.; Weijtjens, W.; Devriendt, C.; Guillaume, P. (2015). Operational modal analysis in the presence of harmonic excitations: a review, in: Caicedo, J. et al. Dynamics of Civil Structures, Volume 2. Proceedings of the 33rd IMAC, a conference and exposition on structural dynamics, 2015. pp. 379-395. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15248-6_40, more

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