Extreme loads for an offshore wind turbine using statistical extrapolation from limited field data

Wind Energy

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 673-684

  Agarwal, Puneet ^a   Manuel, Lance ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Bootstrap techniques; Extreme loads; Offshore wind turbines; Statistical load extrapolation

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; EXTRAPOLATION; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; OFFSHORE WIND FARMS; POTASSIUM ALLOYS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TUNGSTEN ALLOYS; URANIUM ALLOYS;

BOOTSTRAP TECHNIQUE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHARACTERISTIC; EXTENSIVE SIMULATIONS; EXTREME LOADS; LOAD DISTRIBUTIONS; PARAMETRIC MODELS; STATISTICAL EXTRAPOLATIONS; STATISTICAL LOAD EXTRAPOLATION;

OFFSHORE WIND TURBINES;

BOOTSTRAPPING; LOADING; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MODELING; OFFSHORE APPLICATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WIND FARM; WIND TURBINE;

BLYTH; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHUMBERLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 56749092281     PISSN: 10954244     EISSN: 10991824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/we.301     Document Type: Article

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