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Performance Testing of a Novel Gravity Base Foundation for Offshore Wind
Date Issued
2016-08-30
Date Available
2016-09-02T12:07:01Z
Abstract
In recent years, the international demand to produce green energy has been growing to address the issues of energy security and climate change. To date, the wind sector has probably advanced the most due to high availability of wind resources. Erecting wind turbines offshore, however, presents significant new engineering challenges. Offshore foundations for these energy converters must be able to resist large overturning moments as well as numerous cycles of lateral loading caused by wave and wind. Thus, the need for an efficient cost-effective foundation to support the turbines is becoming more important. In this paper, a specific design of a gravity base foundation system developed for offshore wind turbines is considered. The foundation is a conical hollow concrete gravity type structure which rests on the seabed and utilises its self-weight to support the turbine. A scale-model of the proposed foundation has been experimentally tested at the University College Dublin test site in Blessington, Ireland. This paper presents the findings of this research.
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Enterprise Ireland
Type of Material
Conference Publication
Publisher
Civil Engineering Research Association of Ireland
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Language
English
Status of Item
Peer reviewed
Conference Details
Civil Engineering Research in Ireland (CERI) 2016, NUI Galway, Ireland, 29-30 August 2016
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