As one of the fastest-growing renewable energy sources, wind power is promoting the
global primary energy structure to accelerate towards the direction of cleanliness and low …

Offshore wind and wave energies are both important and abundant renewable energy
resources. Offshore wind turbines have entered the commercial phase, while wave energy …

Jacket support structure is the main support form in medium water depth for bottom fixed
offshore wind turbine. Topology optimization is presented in this paper for an efficient …

A key component of renewable energy, offshore wind energy, is becoming increasingly
important in the transformation of the global energy system and heading in the direction of …

Welded features in the tubular joints are one of the most severe sources of fatigue failure in
supporting structure for offshore wind turbines (OWTs). Therefore, fatigue resistance …

Vibration control is gaining focuses in the field of offshore wind turbines (OWTs) in recent
years as the turbine tower becomes taller and more slender. Although a number of research …

Offshore wind turbine (OWT) support structures are subjected to non-proportional
environmental wind and wave load patterns with respect to increases in wave height and …

Jacket structures are generally recommended as the foundations for offshore wind turbines
(OWTs) with water depth more than 30m. In this paper, the load sharing characteristic for …

An improved modal strain energy method is proposed for damage localisation in jacket-type
offshore wind turbines by defining a series of stiffness-correction factors that can be …

A suitable substructure for Offshore Wind Turbines plays an important role since it can
efficiently reduce the financial costs of wind power projects. According to the track record of …