Failure analysis and risk management of a collapsed large wind turbine tower

Engineering Failure Analysis

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 295-313

  Chou, Jui Sheng ^a   Tu, Wan Ting ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Failure analysis; Natural disaster; Risk management; Structural failure; Wind turbine

Indexed keywords

BOLT MATERIALS; CASE ANALYSIS; ENERGY SUPPLIES; HEAVY RAINFALL; LARGE WIND TURBINES; NATURAL DISASTERS; POTENTIAL RISKS; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; STRONG WINDS; STRUCTURAL FAILURE; TOWER DESIGN; TOWER FAILURE; WIND TURBINE TOWERS;

ACCIDENTS; DATA HANDLING; DISASTERS; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FAILURE ANALYSIS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; GLOBAL WARMING; HURRICANES; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RAIN; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY; TOWERS; WIND TURBINES;

WIND POWER;

EID: 78649986914     PISSN: 13506307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfailanal.2010.09.008     Document Type: Article

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