A floating platform of concrete for offshore wind turbine

Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Hua, Jianbo ^a  

^a NONE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALLAST (RAILROAD TRACK); BUOYANCY; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); FLOATING BREAKWATERS; OCEAN CURRENTS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; REINFORCED CONCRETE; SEAWATER CORROSION; STEEL CORROSION;

COST-EFFICIENT; DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE; ENVIRONMENT FRIENDLY; FLOATING PLATFORMS; IMPORTANT FEATURES; MW WIND TURBINE; NORMAL FUNCTION; VERTICAL CYLINDERS;

OFFSHORE WIND TURBINES;

EID: 84855324781     PISSN: 19417012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3658434     Document Type: Article

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