Response-Based Assessment of Operational Limits for Mating Blades on Monopile-Type Offshore Wind Turbines

Installation of wind-turbine blades on monopile-type offshore wind turbines is a demanding task. Typically, a jack-up crane vessel is used, and blades are individually lifted from the vessel deck and docked with the preinstalled hub. During the process of mating, large relative motions are developed...

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Main Authors: Amrit Shankar Verma, Zhiyu Jiang, Zhengru Ren, Zhen Gao, Nils Petter Vedvik
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-05-01
Series:Energies
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/12/10/1867