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Seismic fragility analysis of 5 MW offshore wind turbine

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  • Kim, Dong Hyawn
  • Lee, Sang Geun
  • Lee, Il Keun

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Considering nonlinear soil–pile interaction, seismic fragility analysis of offshore wind turbine was performed. Interface between ground soils and piles were modeled as nonlinear spring elements. Ground excitation time histories were applied to spring boundaries. Two methods of applying ground motion were compared. Different time histories from free field analysis were applied to each boundary in the first loading plan (A). They were compared with the second loading plan (B) in which the same ground motion is applied to all boundaries. Critical displacement for wind turbine was proposed by using push-over analysis. Both the stress based and the displacement based fragility curves were obtained using dynamic responses for different peak ground accelerations (PGAs). In numerical example, it was shown that seismic responses from loading plan A are bigger than from plan B. It seems that the bigger ground motion at surface can cause less response at wind turbine due to phase difference between ground motions at various soil layers. Finally, it can be concluded that layer by layer ground motions from free field analysis should be used in seismic design of offshore wind turbine.

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  • Kim, Dong Hyawn & Lee, Sang Geun & Lee, Il Keun, 2014. "Seismic fragility analysis of 5 MW offshore wind turbine," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 65(C), pages 250-256.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:renene:v:65:y:2014:i:c:p:250-256
    DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2013.09.023
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