Safety Evaluation of a Hybrid Substructure for Offshore Wind Turbine

Towers and rotor-nacelles are being enlarged to respond to the need for higher gross generation of the wind turbines. However, the accompanying enlargement of the substructure supporting these larger offshore wind turbines makes it strongly influenced by the effect of wave forces. In the present stu...

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Main Authors: Min-Su Park, Youn-Ju Jeong, Young-Jun You, Yoon-Koog Hwang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2016-01-01
Series:Advances in Materials Science and Engineering
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/8089426