Long-term analysis of gear loads in fixed offshore wind turbines considering ultimate operational loadings

Energy Procedia

Volumn 35, Issue , 2013, Pages 187-197

  Nejad, Amir R ^a   Gao, Zhen ^a   Moan, Torgeir ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

drivetrain; extreme values; gear; offshore wind turbines

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893812647     PISSN: 18766102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2013.07.172     Document Type: Conference Paper

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