Seismic analysis of monopile-based offshore wind turbines including aero-elasticity and soil-structure interaction

With the depletion of traditional energy sources, the usage of renewable energy alternatives has increased over the past years. Among them, wind energy is considered as one of the most economical and environmentally friendly alternatives, and is seen as one of the main sources of energy in the future. A very promising field in the area of wind...

Experimental set-up of the Double Slip Joint

The Double Slip Joint (DSJ) is a new design to connect the transition piece to the foundation pile of an offshore wind turbine. It potentially offers high dynamic strength and reliability at a lower cost thereby assisting the decrease in cost of wind energy. The design is based on a self-locking principle through vertical settlement of the joint...

Predicting scour around offshore wind turbines using soft computing techniques

In this report a prediction method is developed for scour around monopiles. A soft computing technique called genetic programming (GP) is used to create a scour prediction formula that can compute scour in all offshore conditions, meaning current-induced, wave-induced and combined current- and wave-induced scour. The GP was trained with an...