Structural Integrity Assessment of Offshore Wind Turbine Foundations
Structural Integrity Assessment of Offshore Wind Turbine Foundations
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Offshore wind turbines operate in a harsh environment where maintenance and inspection are costly and time consuming. The corrosion and fatigue of the structure consequently represent a major challenge for both the design, and Operation and Maintenance.
In this training course participants will be taken through the techniques used in the design and maintenance of offshore wind turbines, such as fatigue design, fracture mechanics-based inspection, and defect assessment. Additionally, the impact of residual stress effects on predicting the component life will be explained. In doing this, the participants will receive a comprehensive overview of structural integrity as applied to offshore wind turbine foundations.
The course consists of 6hr of live sessions with the instructor. All training content is provided through your EngineeringTrainer account.
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Learning Outcomes
After this course, you...• are familiar with the mechanism of fatigue crack initiation and growth in wind turbine structures, and how this is impacted by residual stresses
• know how level I, II and III Fatigue Assessment Diagrams can be used to predict the life of cracked components and structures
• know the concept of Fracture mechanics based inspection, are familiar with the Paris law and how this is used to estimate crack length
• have see how corrosion-fatigue testing is performed and analysed for monopile weldments
• understand how residual stresses can be measured using both destructive and non-destructive techniques
• have seen how residual stresses in offshore monopiles are related to the welding sequence.
Who should attend this course
Those looking to understand the approaches used for ensuring the Structural Integrity of offshore wind turbine foundations:• Structural engineers,
• Asset integrity managers,
• O&M engineers,
• Offshore wind designers.
Prerequisites
There are no specific prerequisites for this course.Program & Details
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Fatigue Check Initiation and growth in offshore structures
Live
1. S-N curves
2. Linear Elastic Fracture Mechanics
3. Stress intensity factor -
Defect Assessment Using Failure Assessment Diagrams
Live
1. Life prediction of cracked components and structures using level I, II and III Fatigue Assessment Diagrams
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Fracture Mechanics Based Inspection
Live
1. Paris law
2. Fatigue crack length estimation
3. Crack Inspection using the Paris law -
Corrosion-fatigue Testing and Analysis of Offshore Monopile Weldments
Live
1. An introduction to corrosion-fatigue testing and analysis
2. Environmental Reduction Factor
3. Estimation of crack growth acceleration in free-corrosion environment
4. Demonstration of a case study: SLIC Joint Industry Project -
Welding Residual Stresses in Offshore Wind Monopiles
Live
1. Residual stress measurement using destructive and non-destructive techniques
2. Welding sequence effects on residual stress distribution in offshore wind monopiles
3. Residual stress effects on fatigue crack initiation and propagation
4. Case study: residual stress measurements in monopile weldments using neutron diffraction and contour techniques
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