Analysis of offshore wind turbine operation & maintenance using a novel time domain meteo-ocean modeling approach

Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo

Volumn 6, Issue , 2012, Pages 847-857

  Dinwoodie, I ^a   Quail, F ^a   McMillan, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; OCEANOGRAPHY; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; WATER WAVES; WIND;

AUTOREGRESSIVE MODELLING; MODELING APPROACH; OCEAN MODEL; OPERATIONS MAINTENANCE; REPAIR MODELS; SEASONALITY; SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT; TIME DOMAIN; TURBINE MAINTENANCE; TURBINE OPERATION;

OFFSHORE WIND TURBINES;

EID: 84881192347     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/GT2012-68985     Document Type: Conference Paper

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