Reliability Updating of Offshore Wind Substructures by Use of Digital Twin Information

• Published in: Energies (Basel) Vol. 14; no. 18; p. 5859
• Main Authors: Augustyn, Dawid, Ulriksen, Martin D., Sørensen, John D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.09.2021
• Subjects: Case studies; Digital twins; Offshore; Offshore operations; Offshore structures; offshore wind substructures; Parameter sensitivity; Parameter uncertainty; probabilistic fatigue assessment; Reliability engineering; reliability updating; Soil investigations; Stiffness; Stress concentration; Structural reliability; Turbines; uncertainty quantification; Wind power

This paper presents a probabilistic framework for updating the structural reliability of offshore wind turbine substructures based on digital twin information. In particular, the information obtained from digital twins is used to quantify and update the uncertainties associated with the structural d...