Jacket substructures for offshore wind turbines show strong potentials in water depths from 25 up to 70m. A review of state-of-practice and enhanced state-of-the-art modeling of offshore wind turbine jackets is conducted ...

A grouted connection (GC) is a hybrid connection which joins two telescoped steel tubes by filling the annulus between the steel tubes with grout. GCs are frequently used to enable a force fitted connection between piles ...

Grouted connections (GCs) consist of two infiltrating steel tubes of different diameters and a grout material bonding the two steel tubes together. Predominantly, the GCs are used to connect the foundation piles with the ...

Grouted connections are frequently used as structural detail of offshore wind turbines and platforms for the load transferring connection between piles and support structure. At latticed substructures this connection is ...

During butt welding of structural steels, an inhomogeneous material state across the weld occurs that has a detrimental influence on fatigue strength. In the presented study, the identification of Lemaitre Chaboche ...

Support structures for offshore wind turbines and the corresponding transformer platforms are highly susceptible to corrosion. In particular, the phenomenon of pitting is crucial, as it leads to local stress concentrations ...

Nowadays, much attention is payed to the development of renewable energy resources. Wind energy plays a major role in this issue. That is why there is a growing interest for improving the design process of wind turbines ...

The design of support structures of offshore wind turbines contains high number of design variables that influence load characteristics and structural responses. These variables are stochastic and cause many uncertainties. ...

The scientific community is devoting more attention to the wide scope of offshore wind turbine structures. Since such structures are subjected to high level of fatigue loads as well as a large number of load cycles caused ...