Publications

List of FastBlade related publications

 

  1. Munko, M. J., Camacho, M. A. V., Cuthill, F., Brádaigh, C. M. Ó., & Dubon, S. L. (2026). Efficient Reconstruction of High-Resolution Tidal Turbine Blade Deflection and Strain Maps Through Sensing Location Optimisation. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 14(5), 408. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse14050408

 

  1. Cuthill, F., Dubon, S. L., Vogel, C., Camacho, M. V., Brádaigh, C. Ó., & McCarthy, E. (2025). Destructive testing and failure analysis of a full-scale composite tidal turbine blade. International Marine Energy Journal, 8(3), 279–285. https://doi.org/10.36688/IMEJ.8.279-285

 

  1. Valdivia-Camacho, M. A., Cuthill, F., McCarthy, E. D., Dubon, S. L., Brádaigh, C. M. Ó., & Alam, P. (2025). Forensic investigation of failure in a full-scale composite tidal turbine blade. Engineering Failure Analysis, 182, 110076. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.ENGFAILANAL.2025.110076

 

  1. Munko, M. J., Cuthill, F., Camacho, M. A. V., Bradaigh, C. M. Ó., & Dubon, S. L. (2025). An audio-based framework for anomaly detection in large-scale structural testing. Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, 142, 109889. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.ENGAPPAI.2024.109889

 

  1. Cerniauskas, G., Dubon, S. L., Cuthill, F., McCarthy, E. D. M., Quinn, J. A., Munko, M. J., & Fernando, D. (2025). Sensor Placement Optimisation for FastBlade Reaction Frame Health Monitoring Using Machine Learning Approaches. Proceedings of the European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference, 16. https://doi.org/10.36688/EWTEC-2025-802

 

  1. Dubon, S. L., Cuthill, F., Valdivia, M., Vogel, C., Bradaigh, C. O., & McCarthy, E. D. (2025). The Life of a Tidal Blade under Fatigue Testing. Proceedings of the European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference, 16. https://doi.org/10.36688/EWTEC-2025-714

 

  1. Cuthill, F., Lopez Dubon, S., McCarthy, E., Vogel, C., & O’Bradaigh, C. (2024, September 17). Destructive Testing and Failure Analysis of a Full-Scale Composite Tidal Turbine Blade. PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON OCEAN ENERGY.

 

  1. Lopez Dubon, S., Cuthill, F C., Vogel, C., McCarthy, E., & O’Bradaigh, C. (2024, September 17). Full-scale Fatigue Testing On A Composites Tidal Blade. PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON OCEAN ENERGY.

 

  1. Munko, M. J., Connolly, K. N., Cuthill, F., Valdivia Camacho, M. A., McCarthy, E., & Lopez Dubon, S. (2024). The Application of the Process Capability Index (PCI) in a Fatigue Test of a Tidal Turbine Blade Using Historic and Real-Time Load Data. International Conference on Condition Monitoring and Asset Management. https://doi.org/10.1784/cm2024.3a3

 

  1. Munko, M. J., Lopez Dubon, S., Cuthill, F., Rampen, W., & M Ó Brádaigh, C. (2024). Monitoring Energy Recovery in a Full-Scale Fatigue Test. Twentieth International Conference on Condition Monitoring and Asset Management. https://doi.org/10.1784/cm2024.6a3

 

  1. Rampen, W., Munko Marek J, Lopez Dubon, S., & Cuthill, F. (2024, June). REGENERATIVE STRUCTURAL FATIGUE TESTING WITH DIGITAL DISPLACEMENT PUMP/MOTORS. The Twelfth Workshop on Digital Fluid Power.

 

  1. Lopez Dubon, S., Vogel, Christopher., Garcia Cava, D., Cuthill, F., McCarthy, E. D., & Ó Bradaigh, C. M. (2024). A Full-Scale Tidal Blade Fatigue Test using the FastBlade Facility. Renewable Energy, 228, 120653. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.RENENE.2024.120653

 

  1. Lopez Dubon, S., Cuthill, F., Vogel, C., Ó Brádaigh, C., & McCarthy, E. D. (2024). A full-scale composite tidal blade fatigue test using single and multiple actuators. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 181, 108140. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.COMPOSITESA.2024.108140*

 

  1. Castellano, S., Camacho, M. A. V., Munko, M. J., Cuthill, F., Ó Bradaigh, C., McCarthy, E., & Lopez Dubon, S. (2024). Compensation of Apparent Strain Data Due to Temperature Gradients in a Full-Scale Mechanical Test of a Composite Tidal Turbine Blade. BSSM 17th International Conference on Advances in Experimental Mechanics. https://doi.org/10.2139/SSRN.4400928

 

  1. Lopez Dubon, S., Vogel, C., Garcia Cava, D., Cuthill, F., McCarthy, E., & O Bradaigh, C. (2023). Multi-Actuator Full-Scale Fatigue Test of a Tidal Blade. EWTEC, Vol. 15. http://dx.doi.org/10.36688/ewtec-2023-177

 

  1. McLoughlin, J., Munko, M., Camacho, M., Cuthill, F., & Lopez Dubon, S. (2023). Use of digital image correlation and machine learning for the optimal strain placement in a full-scale composite tidal turbine blade. Proceedings of the International Conference on Condition Monitoring and Asset Management, 2023, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1784/cm2023.2d4

 

  1. Munko, M. J., Camacho, M. A., Cuthill, F., O’Bradaigh, C., & Lopez Dubon, S. (2023). Using audio-data for anomaly detection in the fatigue test of a composite tidal turbine blade. Proceedings of the International Conference on Condition Monitoring and Asset Management, 2023, 1–2. https://doi.org/10.1784/cm2023.2e8

 

  1. Camacho, M., Munko, M., Cuthill, F., O’Bradaigh, C., McCarthy, E., & Lopez Dubon, S. (2023). Parasitic effects of load introduction points in full-scale composite tidal turbine blade tests. Proceedings of the Annual British Conference on Non-Destructive Testing, 2023, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1784/ndt2023.3a4

 

  1. D. Rathnayaka, D. Fernando, S. Lopez Dubon, M. Diasand F. Cuthill, “DESIGN, FABRICATION, AND TESTING OF A LIGHT WEIGHT HYBRID CONCRETE FIBRE REINFORCED POLYMER BRIDGE GIRDER”, presented at the 11th International Conference on Fiber-Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Composites in Civil Engineering (CICE 2023), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Jun. 2023. https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.8066468

 

  1. Lopez Dubon, S., Vogel, C., Cava, D., Cuthill, F., Mccarthy, E., & O’Bradaigh, C. (2023, June). FASTBLADE: A TECHNOLOGICAL FACILITY FOR FULLSCALE TIDAL FATIGUE TESTING. SAMPE 2023 | SEATTLE, WA . https://doi.org/10.33599/nasampe/s.23.0062

 

  1. Floreani, C., Cuthill, F., Maguire, J., Steynor, J., Wittevrongel, L., Flanagan, T., Niessink, M., Noi, S., McCarthy, E., & Alam, P. (2021). Testing of 6m Hybrid Glass/Carbon Fibre Powder Epoxy Composite Wind Blade Demonstrator. Sampe Journal. https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/sampe/journal_20210506/index.php#/p/6

 

  1. Cuthill, F., Steynor, J., Lopez Dubon, S., McCarthy, E., O’Bradaigh, C., & Mccarthy, E. (2021, June). Development of the world’s first regenerative hydraulic tidal blade test centre: FASTBLADE. Proceedings of the European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference.