Offshore wind farm asset management: Past experiences and future challenges

Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo

Volumn 8, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Williams, Richard ^a   Crabtree, Christopher ^a   Hogg, Simon ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; ASSET MANAGEMENT; COPYRIGHTS; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; LIFE CYCLE; STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING;

ASSETS MANAGEMENT; FUTURE CHALLENGES; HEALTH MONITORING; MAINTENANCE STRATEGIES; OFFSHORES; OPERATIONAL CYCLE; OPERATIONAL STRATEGIES; OPERATIONAL STRUCTURE; OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE; WIND FARM;

OFFSHORE WIND FARMS;

EID: 84890159234     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/GT2013-94434     Document Type: Conference Paper

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