PISA: new design methods for offshore wind turbine monopiles

Autor: BW Byrne, RA McAdam, HJ Burd, GT Houlsby, CM Martin, WJAP Beuckelaers, L Zdravkovic, DMG Taborda, DM Potts, RJ Jardine, E Ushev, T Liu, D Abadias, K Gavin, D Igoe, P Doherty, J Skov Gretlund, M Pacheco Andrade, A Muir Wood, FC Schroeder, S Turner, MAL Plummer
Přispěvatelé: DONG Energy Wind Power A/S
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Proceedings of the Society for Underwater Technology Offshore Site Investigation and Geotechnics 8th International Conference on “Smarter Solutions for Future Offshore Developments"
Popis: Improved design of laterally loaded monopiles is central to the development of current and future generation offshore wind farms. Previously established design methods have demonstrable shortcomings requiring new ideas and approaches to be developed, specific for the offshore wind turbine sector. The Pile Soil Analysis (PISA) Project, established in 2013, addresses this problem through a range of theoretical studies, numerical analysis and medium scale field testing. The project completed in 2016; this paper summarises the principal findings, illustrated through examples incorporating the Cowden stiff clay profile, which represents one of the two soil profiles targeted in the study. The implications for design are discussed.
Databáze: OpenAIRE