Unai Gutierrez Santiago is the gearbox validation section leader at Siemens Gamesa where he has been involved with testing and validating wind gearboxes since 2006. He is a PhD candidate at the Delft University of Technology where he focuses on developing data-driven dynamic models of wind turbine gearboxes.
The main objective of this study is to perform an experimental evaluation of the structural model of a five-planet first planetary stage from a modern 6MW wind turbine gearbox.