Articles | Volume 11, issue 10
https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-11-3841-2026
https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-11-3841-2026
Research article
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12 Oct 2026
Research article |  | 12 Oct 2026

Sub-minute fatigue monitoring for enhanced lifetime assessment of wind turbines

Catarina Miranda Oliveira, André Biscaya, João Pedro Santos, Elsa Caetano, and Min Xu

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Status: closed

Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • RC1: 'Comment on wes-2026-108', Anonymous Referee #1, 16 Jul 2026
  • RC2: 'Comment on wes-2026-108', Anonymous Referee #2, 28 Jul 2026
  • AC1: 'Comment on wes-2026-108', Catarina Oliveira, 20 Aug 2026

Peer review completion

AR – Author's response | RR – Referee report | ED – Editor decision | EF – Editorial file upload
AR by Catarina Oliveira on behalf of the Authors (20 Aug 2026)  Author's response   Author's tracked changes   Manuscript 
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (21 Aug 2026) by Yolanda Vidal
RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (27 Aug 2026)
RR by Anonymous Referee #3 (04 Sep 2026)
ED: Publish as is (04 Sep 2026) by Yolanda Vidal
ED: Publish as is (14 Sep 2026) by Athanasios Kolios (Chief editor)
AR by Catarina Oliveira on behalf of the Authors (23 Sep 2026)  Manuscript 
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Short summary
Accurate fatigue damage estimation is central to deciding whether an ageing wind turbine can safely remain in service. The most reliable approach processes continuous high-frequency strain measurements, but the resulting data volumes and costs make it impractical across large fleets. Using 6 months of strain data from an onshore turbine, we show that strongly compressed stress representations recover almost all of the fatigue damage, enabling accurate, data-efficient monitoring at fleet scale.
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