Investigating novel foundations for offshore windpower generation

Proceedings of the International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering - OMAE

Volumn 4, Issue , 2002, Pages 567-576

  Byrne, B W ^a   Houlsby, G T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Foundations; Offshore Structures; Renewable Energy; Suction Caissons; Wind Turbines

Indexed keywords

OFFSHORE WINDPOWER GENERATION;

ECONOMICS; OFFSHORE STRUCTURES; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

OCEAN ENGINEERING;

EID: 0036441802     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/OMAE2002-28423     Document Type: Conference Paper

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