Reliability-based design methods to determine the extreme response distribution of offshore wind turbines

Wind Energy

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-22

  Cheng, P W ^a   Van Bussel, G J W ^a   Van Kuik, G A M ^a   Vugts, J H ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Extreme response; Offshore wind turbine; Probabilistic design; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; BENDING MOMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXTRAPOLATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OFFSHORE STRUCTURES; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL METHODS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WIND;

EXTREME RESPONSE; OFFSHORE WIND TURBINES; PEAK OVER THRESHOLD (POT); PROBABILISTIC DESIGN;

WIND TURBINES;

DESIGN; OFFSHORE APPLICATION; RELIABILITY; WIND TURBINE;

EID: 14344258260     PISSN: 10954244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/we.80     Document Type: Article

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