Protecting Offshore Wind Turbines against Ship Impacts by Means of Adaptive Inflatable Structures
Collisions with small service ships are serious danger for offshore wind turbines. Installing torus-shaped adaptive inflatable structure that surrounds a wind turbine tower at water level is one method of effective protection. Proposed pneumatic structure contains several separate air chambers equip...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2009-01-01
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| Series: | Shock and Vibration |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/SAV-2009-0473 |