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Publications
Bagbanci, H., Karmakar, D. and Guedes Soares, C. (2012), Effect of the Environment on the design loads on Monopile Offshore Wind Turbine, Maritime Engineering and Technology, Guedes Soares, C., Garbatov Y., Sutulo S. & Santos T. A. (Eds.), Taylor & Francis Group, London, UK, pp. 547-552
The influence on wind turbine design loads for a monopile foundation is studied by analyzing the bending moment at the tower base and tower root for various values of water depth, tower height, pile diameter and turbulence model. The study illustrates the importance of a detailed foundation model which is an important part of a successful optimization of wind turbines. The main design requirements are related to the limitation of maximum deflection at the tower base which influences the vibration modes of the complete structure. The analysis is done using FAST design code for wind turbine which operates in the time domain. The detailed effects of pile diameter, height of tower and water depth are presented. The study is carried out by using 5MW wind turbine with a monopile foundation.
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