Structural integrity assessment of fixed support structures for offshore wind turbines: A review

B Yeter, Y Garbatov - Ocean Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
The objective of the present study is to provide a review of the structural integrity of fixed
support structures for offshore wind turbines, focusing on the physics behind the failure …

A review of challenges and framework development for corrosion fatigue life assessment of monopile-supported horizontal-axis offshore wind turbines

V Okenyi, M Bodaghi, N Mansfield… - Ships and Offshore …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Digital tools such as machine learning and the digital twins are emerging in asset
management of offshore wind structures to address their structural integrity and cost …

A novel generalization ability-enhanced approach for corrosion fatigue life prediction of marine welded structures

C Feng, M Su, L Xu, L Zhao, Y Han, C Peng - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
A generalization ability-enhanced approach for corrosion fatigue life prediction was
proposed. The data augmentation and analysis of influence factors were conducted via …

Coupling multi-physics models to corrosion fatigue prognosis of high-strength bolts in floating offshore wind turbine towers

J Zhang, J Heng, Y Dong, C Baniotopoulos… - Engineering Structures, 2024 - Elsevier
Floating wind offshore turbines (FOWTs) tap into the immense Aeolian resource in deep-
water oceans. The turbine structure, especially in ring-flange (RF) connections, are highly …

Conceptual sacrificial anode cathodic protection design for offshore wind monopiles

C Erdogan, G Swain - Ocean Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
The design and implementation of a cathodic protection system for offshore steel monopiles
used to support wind turbines are required to protect them from corrosion. This paper uses …

Fatigue crack growth behaviour of wire and arc additively manufactured ER70S-6 low carbon steel components

A Ermakova, A Mehmanparast, S Ganguly… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
The new emerging Wire and Arc Additive Manufacturing (WAAM) technology has significant
potential to improve material design and efficiency for structural components as well as …

[HTML][HTML] Time-domain fatigue reliability analysis for floating offshore wind turbine substructures using coupled nonlinear aero-hydro-servo-elastic simulations

F Zhu, B Yeter, F Brennan, M Collu - Engineering Structures, 2024 - Elsevier
The present study aims to develop a novel methodology for the fatigue reliability analysis
and design for a floating offshore wind turbine substructure using its fully coupled nonlinear …

Investigation on the fatigue crack growth behavior of welded joints in EH690 high-strength marine steel

X Shen, X Gao, Y Shao, W He, Z Yu - International Journal of Fatigue, 2024 - Elsevier
EH690 high-strength steel (HSS) is extensively utilized in marine engineering due to its
exceptional strength. The fatigue crack growth (FCG) behaviors of EH690 HSS welded joints …

Fatigue crack growth of EH36 steel in air and corrosive marine environments

Y Zhong, Y Shao, X Gao, X Luo, H Zhu - Journal of Constructional Steel …, 2023 - Elsevier
EH36 steel used in offshore platforms is susceptible to corrosion fatigue in marine
environment. The corrosion fatigue performance in EH36 steel is influenced by various …

The effect of macro-galvanic cells on corrosion and impressed current cathodic protection for offshore monopile steel structures

C Erdogan, G Swain - Ocean engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
The challenge of protecting steel foundations placed offshore to support wind turbines from
deterioration has created renewed interest in understanding the corrosion process and how …