Seismic Fragility Analysis of Monopile Offshore Wind Turbines under Different Operational Conditions

• Published in: Energies (Basel) Vol. 10; no. 7; p. 1037
• Main Authors: Mo, Renjie, Kang, Haigui, Li, Miao, Zhao, Xuanlie
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.07.2017
• Subjects: Alternative energy; Earthquakes; fragility analysis; Laboratories; Load; load combination; monopile offshore wind turbine; Offshore; seismic response; Studies; truncated incremental dynamic analysis; Turbines; Wind; United States > US; Germany

Offshore wind turbines in seismic active areas suffer from earthquake impacts. In this study, seismic fragility analysis of a monopile offshore wind turbine considering different operational conditions was performed. A finite element model for a 5 MW monopile offshore wind turbine was developed usin...