No Cover Image

Journal article 775 views 176 downloads

Physical Modelling of Offshore Wind Turbine Foundations for TRL (Technology Readiness Level) Studies

Subhamoy Bhattacharya, Domenico Lombardi, Sadra Amani, Muhammad Aleem, Ganga Prakhya, Sondipon Adhikari, Abdullahi Aliyu, Nicholas Alexander, Ying Wang, Liang Cui, Saleh Jalbi, Vikram Pakrashi, Wei Li, Jorge Mendoza, Nathan Vimalan

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, Volume: 9, Issue: 6, Start page: 589

Swansea University Author: Sondipon Adhikari

  • 57177.pdf

    PDF | Version of Record

    © 2021 by the authors. This is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license

    Download (1.16MB)

Check full text

DOI (Published version): 10.3390/jmse9060589

Abstract

Offshore wind turbines are a complex, dynamically sensitive structure due to their irregular mass and stiffness distribution, and complexity of the loading conditions they need to withstand. There are other challenges in particular locations such as typhoons, hurricanes, earthquakes, sea-bed current...

Full description

Published in: Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
ISSN: 2077-1312
Published: MDPI AG 2021
Online Access: Check full text

URI: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57177
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
first_indexed 2021-06-21T12:14:06Z
last_indexed 2023-01-11T14:36:55Z
id cronfa57177
recordtype SURis
fullrecord <?xml version="1.0"?><rfc1807><datestamp>2022-07-08T10:57:20.0351746</datestamp><bib-version>v2</bib-version><id>57177</id><entry>2021-06-21</entry><title>Physical Modelling of Offshore Wind Turbine Foundations for TRL (Technology Readiness Level) Studies</title><swanseaauthors><author><sid>4ea84d67c4e414f5ccbd7593a40f04d3</sid><firstname>Sondipon</firstname><surname>Adhikari</surname><name>Sondipon Adhikari</name><active>true</active><ethesisStudent>false</ethesisStudent></author></swanseaauthors><date>2021-06-21</date><deptcode>FGSEN</deptcode><abstract>Offshore wind turbines are a complex, dynamically sensitive structure due to their irregular mass and stiffness distribution, and complexity of the loading conditions they need to withstand. There are other challenges in particular locations such as typhoons, hurricanes, earthquakes, sea-bed currents, and tsunami. Because offshore wind turbines have stringent Serviceability Limit State (SLS) requirements and need to be installed in variable and often complex ground conditions, their foundation design is challenging. Foundation design must be robust due to the enormous cost of retrofitting in a challenging environment should any problem occur during the design lifetime. Traditionally, engineers use conventional types of foundation systems, such as shallow gravity-based foundations (GBF), suction caissons, or slender piles or monopiles, based on prior experience with designing such foundations for the oil and gas industry. For offshore wind turbines, however, new types of foundations are being considered for which neither prior experience nor guidelines exist. One of the major challenges is to develop a method to de-risk the life cycle of offshore wind turbines in diverse metocean and geological conditions. The paper, therefore, has the following aims: (a) provide an overview of the complexities and the common SLS performance requirements for offshore wind turbine; (b) discuss the use of physical modelling for verification and validation of innovative design concepts, taking into account all possible angles to de-risk the project; and (c) provide examples of applications in scaled model tests.</abstract><type>Journal Article</type><journal>Journal of Marine Science and Engineering</journal><volume>9</volume><journalNumber>6</journalNumber><paginationStart>589</paginationStart><paginationEnd/><publisher>MDPI AG</publisher><placeOfPublication/><isbnPrint/><isbnElectronic/><issnPrint/><issnElectronic>2077-1312</issnElectronic><keywords>TRL (Technology Readiness Level); offshore wind turbines; scaling laws; monopile; proof of concept</keywords><publishedDay>29</publishedDay><publishedMonth>5</publishedMonth><publishedYear>2021</publishedYear><publishedDate>2021-05-29</publishedDate><doi>10.3390/jmse9060589</doi><url/><notes/><college>COLLEGE NANME</college><department>Science and Engineering - Faculty</department><CollegeCode>COLLEGE CODE</CollegeCode><DepartmentCode>FGSEN</DepartmentCode><institution>Swansea University</institution><apcterm/><funders>S. Bhattacharya would like to record appreciation for generous funding and insights into wind turbine foundation issues from the following organisations: University of Bristol and Surrey, developers Innogy, RWE, TEPSCO, Mott Macdonald, Atkins, EPSRC EP/H015345/1 EP/H015345/2. S. Bhattacharya also acknowledges the contribution of Nick Nikitas (University of Leeds) for his help during the experiments of scaled model testing using the Bristol shaking table. S. Adhikari acknowledges the support from the Marie Skodowska-Curie Actions&#x2014;European Commission: MSCA-IF-2019-890419, (SMART-UP). Vikram Pakrashi would like to acknowledge that this publication has emanated from research Science Foundation Ireland under Grant number RC2302_2 and acknowledges the UCD Energy Institute and UCD Centre for Mechanics.</funders><lastEdited>2022-07-08T10:57:20.0351746</lastEdited><Created>2021-06-21T13:11:15.3964497</Created><path><level id="1">Faculty of Science and Engineering</level><level id="2">School of Engineering and Applied Sciences - Uncategorised</level></path><authors><author><firstname>Subhamoy</firstname><surname>Bhattacharya</surname><order>1</order></author><author><firstname>Domenico</firstname><surname>Lombardi</surname><order>2</order></author><author><firstname>Sadra</firstname><surname>Amani</surname><order>3</order></author><author><firstname>Muhammad</firstname><surname>Aleem</surname><order>4</order></author><author><firstname>Ganga</firstname><surname>Prakhya</surname><order>5</order></author><author><firstname>Sondipon</firstname><surname>Adhikari</surname><order>6</order></author><author><firstname>Abdullahi</firstname><surname>Aliyu</surname><order>7</order></author><author><firstname>Nicholas</firstname><surname>Alexander</surname><order>8</order></author><author><firstname>Ying</firstname><surname>Wang</surname><order>9</order></author><author><firstname>Liang</firstname><surname>Cui</surname><order>10</order></author><author><firstname>Saleh</firstname><surname>Jalbi</surname><order>11</order></author><author><firstname>Vikram</firstname><surname>Pakrashi</surname><order>12</order></author><author><firstname>Wei</firstname><surname>Li</surname><order>13</order></author><author><firstname>Jorge</firstname><surname>Mendoza</surname><order>14</order></author><author><firstname>Nathan</firstname><surname>Vimalan</surname><order>15</order></author></authors><documents><document><filename>57177__20206__8a29d1ebc72a4284930705e71d27b92e.pdf</filename><originalFilename>57177.pdf</originalFilename><uploaded>2021-06-21T13:13:27.3119459</uploaded><type>Output</type><contentLength>1214867</contentLength><contentType>application/pdf</contentType><version>Version of Record</version><cronfaStatus>true</cronfaStatus><documentNotes>&#xA9; 2021 by the authors. This is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license</documentNotes><copyrightCorrect>true</copyrightCorrect><language>eng</language><licence>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</licence></document></documents><OutputDurs/></rfc1807>
spelling 2022-07-08T10:57:20.0351746 v2 57177 2021-06-21 Physical Modelling of Offshore Wind Turbine Foundations for TRL (Technology Readiness Level) Studies 4ea84d67c4e414f5ccbd7593a40f04d3 Sondipon Adhikari Sondipon Adhikari true false 2021-06-21 FGSEN Offshore wind turbines are a complex, dynamically sensitive structure due to their irregular mass and stiffness distribution, and complexity of the loading conditions they need to withstand. There are other challenges in particular locations such as typhoons, hurricanes, earthquakes, sea-bed currents, and tsunami. Because offshore wind turbines have stringent Serviceability Limit State (SLS) requirements and need to be installed in variable and often complex ground conditions, their foundation design is challenging. Foundation design must be robust due to the enormous cost of retrofitting in a challenging environment should any problem occur during the design lifetime. Traditionally, engineers use conventional types of foundation systems, such as shallow gravity-based foundations (GBF), suction caissons, or slender piles or monopiles, based on prior experience with designing such foundations for the oil and gas industry. For offshore wind turbines, however, new types of foundations are being considered for which neither prior experience nor guidelines exist. One of the major challenges is to develop a method to de-risk the life cycle of offshore wind turbines in diverse metocean and geological conditions. The paper, therefore, has the following aims: (a) provide an overview of the complexities and the common SLS performance requirements for offshore wind turbine; (b) discuss the use of physical modelling for verification and validation of innovative design concepts, taking into account all possible angles to de-risk the project; and (c) provide examples of applications in scaled model tests. Journal Article Journal of Marine Science and Engineering 9 6 589 MDPI AG 2077-1312 TRL (Technology Readiness Level); offshore wind turbines; scaling laws; monopile; proof of concept 29 5 2021 2021-05-29 10.3390/jmse9060589 COLLEGE NANME Science and Engineering - Faculty COLLEGE CODE FGSEN Swansea University S. Bhattacharya would like to record appreciation for generous funding and insights into wind turbine foundation issues from the following organisations: University of Bristol and Surrey, developers Innogy, RWE, TEPSCO, Mott Macdonald, Atkins, EPSRC EP/H015345/1 EP/H015345/2. S. Bhattacharya also acknowledges the contribution of Nick Nikitas (University of Leeds) for his help during the experiments of scaled model testing using the Bristol shaking table. S. Adhikari acknowledges the support from the Marie Skodowska-Curie Actions—European Commission: MSCA-IF-2019-890419, (SMART-UP). Vikram Pakrashi would like to acknowledge that this publication has emanated from research Science Foundation Ireland under Grant number RC2302_2 and acknowledges the UCD Energy Institute and UCD Centre for Mechanics. 2022-07-08T10:57:20.0351746 2021-06-21T13:11:15.3964497 Faculty of Science and Engineering School of Engineering and Applied Sciences - Uncategorised Subhamoy Bhattacharya 1 Domenico Lombardi 2 Sadra Amani 3 Muhammad Aleem 4 Ganga Prakhya 5 Sondipon Adhikari 6 Abdullahi Aliyu 7 Nicholas Alexander 8 Ying Wang 9 Liang Cui 10 Saleh Jalbi 11 Vikram Pakrashi 12 Wei Li 13 Jorge Mendoza 14 Nathan Vimalan 15 57177__20206__8a29d1ebc72a4284930705e71d27b92e.pdf 57177.pdf 2021-06-21T13:13:27.3119459 Output 1214867 application/pdf Version of Record true © 2021 by the authors. This is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license true eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
title Physical Modelling of Offshore Wind Turbine Foundations for TRL (Technology Readiness Level) Studies
spellingShingle Physical Modelling of Offshore Wind Turbine Foundations for TRL (Technology Readiness Level) Studies
Sondipon Adhikari
title_short Physical Modelling of Offshore Wind Turbine Foundations for TRL (Technology Readiness Level) Studies
title_full Physical Modelling of Offshore Wind Turbine Foundations for TRL (Technology Readiness Level) Studies
title_fullStr Physical Modelling of Offshore Wind Turbine Foundations for TRL (Technology Readiness Level) Studies
title_full_unstemmed Physical Modelling of Offshore Wind Turbine Foundations for TRL (Technology Readiness Level) Studies
title_sort Physical Modelling of Offshore Wind Turbine Foundations for TRL (Technology Readiness Level) Studies
author_id_str_mv 4ea84d67c4e414f5ccbd7593a40f04d3
author_id_fullname_str_mv 4ea84d67c4e414f5ccbd7593a40f04d3_***_Sondipon Adhikari
author Sondipon Adhikari
author2 Subhamoy Bhattacharya
Domenico Lombardi
Sadra Amani
Muhammad Aleem
Ganga Prakhya
Sondipon Adhikari
Abdullahi Aliyu
Nicholas Alexander
Ying Wang
Liang Cui
Saleh Jalbi
Vikram Pakrashi
Wei Li
Jorge Mendoza
Nathan Vimalan
format Journal article
container_title Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
container_volume 9
container_issue 6
container_start_page 589
publishDate 2021
institution Swansea University
issn 2077-1312
doi_str_mv 10.3390/jmse9060589
publisher MDPI AG
college_str Faculty of Science and Engineering
hierarchytype
hierarchy_top_id facultyofscienceandengineering
hierarchy_top_title Faculty of Science and Engineering
hierarchy_parent_id facultyofscienceandengineering
hierarchy_parent_title Faculty of Science and Engineering
department_str School of Engineering and Applied Sciences - Uncategorised{{{_:::_}}}Faculty of Science and Engineering{{{_:::_}}}School of Engineering and Applied Sciences - Uncategorised
document_store_str 1
active_str 0
description Offshore wind turbines are a complex, dynamically sensitive structure due to their irregular mass and stiffness distribution, and complexity of the loading conditions they need to withstand. There are other challenges in particular locations such as typhoons, hurricanes, earthquakes, sea-bed currents, and tsunami. Because offshore wind turbines have stringent Serviceability Limit State (SLS) requirements and need to be installed in variable and often complex ground conditions, their foundation design is challenging. Foundation design must be robust due to the enormous cost of retrofitting in a challenging environment should any problem occur during the design lifetime. Traditionally, engineers use conventional types of foundation systems, such as shallow gravity-based foundations (GBF), suction caissons, or slender piles or monopiles, based on prior experience with designing such foundations for the oil and gas industry. For offshore wind turbines, however, new types of foundations are being considered for which neither prior experience nor guidelines exist. One of the major challenges is to develop a method to de-risk the life cycle of offshore wind turbines in diverse metocean and geological conditions. The paper, therefore, has the following aims: (a) provide an overview of the complexities and the common SLS performance requirements for offshore wind turbine; (b) discuss the use of physical modelling for verification and validation of innovative design concepts, taking into account all possible angles to de-risk the project; and (c) provide examples of applications in scaled model tests.
published_date 2021-05-29T04:12:43Z
_version_ 1763753866731454464
score 11.036334

Similar Items