How Will Concrete Piles for Offshore Wind Power Be Damaged Under Seawater Erosion? Insights from a Chemical-Damage Coupling Meshless Method

• Published in: Materials Vol. 17; no. 24; p. 6243
• Main Authors: Wu, Caihong, Chen, Bo, Wang, Hao, Dai, Jialin, Fan, Shenghua, Yu, Shuyang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 20.12.2024
• Subjects: Acid rain; Air-turbines; Algorithms; Alternative energy sources; Chemical damage; Chloride; Clean energy; Concrete; Concrete aggregates; Concrete piles; Corrosion and anti-corrosives; Corrosion mechanisms; Corrosion rate; Corrosion tests; Crack initiation; Design optimization; Diffusion coefficient; Electric power-plants; Energy utilization; Finite element method; Fracture mechanics; Green technology; Investigations; Ion concentration; Ion diffusion; Liu, Timothy; Maintenance and repair; Maintenance costs; Marine environment; Meshless methods; Methods; Numerical analysis; Offshore; Offshore energy sources; Point defects; Power plants; Prestressed concrete; Reinforced concrete; Renewable energy; Sea-water; Seawater; Service life; Shear tests; Simulation; Simulation methods; Sustainable development; Turbines; Wang Hao; Wind damage; Wind power; China; pile foundation; damage; wind power; concrete corrosion; numerical simulation

Based on the background of the continuously rising global demand for clean energy, offshore wind power, as an important form of renewable energy utilization, is booming. However, the pile foundations of offshore wind turbines are subject to long-term erosion in the harsh marine environment, and the...