A Finite Element Analysis Investigation of Fatigue and Corrosion of Floating Offshore Wind Turbine Mooring Lines

With the rising demand for renewable energy, floating offshore wind turbines have gained importance, particularly in regions where deep waters prevent the use of traditional monopile structures. These floating turbines rely on mooring lines for stability against environmental conditions, particularly when facing strong winds and high waves....

Fatigue of Welded Joints in Steel Marine Structures: Resistance of Double Sided Longitudinal Attachments and Single Sided Butt Joints ~ Design and Testing Considerations

Fatigue failure is a governing limit state for marine structures. Marine structures are composed of the numerous structural members connected by the welded joints which are the typically governing fatigue sensitive locations. In this thesis, attention has been paid to...

Fatigue life prediction of carbon fibre-reinforced epoxy laminates using a single S-N curve

Fatigue life prediction models, used in the design and analysis of cyclic loaded structures, often require experimental data in order to interpolate or extrapolate fatigue behaviour to different loading conditions. Due to scatter in fatigue life data, as well as model input requirements of several S-N curves, large numbers of experimental tests...