Method for manufacturing wind turbine tower structure with embedded reinforcement sensing elements

A method for manufacturing a cementitious structure, the method comprising:

• printing, via an additive printing device, the structure of a cementitious material;
• during printing, embedding one or more reinforcement sensing elements at least partially within the cementitious material at one or more locations, the one or more reinforcement sensing elements configured for sensing structural health of the cementitious structure, sensing temperature of the cementitious material, heating to control cure time of the cementitious material, and/or reinforcing the cementitious material;
• and,
• curing the cementitious material so as to form the cementitious structure.

A method for manufacturing a tower structure of a wind turbine, the method comprising:

• providing one or more molds of the tower structure on a foundation of the wind turbine;
• filling the one or more molds with a cementitious material;
• during filling, embedding one or more reinforcement sensing elements at least partially within the cementitious material at one or more locations, the one or more reinforcement sensing elements configured for sensing structural health of the tower structure, sensing temperature of the cementitious material, heating to control cure time of the cementitious material, and/or reinforcing the cementitious material;
• and,
• curing the cementitious material within the one or more molds so as to form the tower structure.