Fatigue of welded tubular X-joints in offshore wind platforms

• Published in: Volume 4: Materials Technology
• Main Author: Papatheocharis T., Sarvanis G.C., Perdikaris P.C., Karamanos S.A.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Arctic engineering; Engineering research; Joints (structural components); Offshore oil well production; Strain gages; Welding; Construction costs; Critical evaluation; Critical location; Design and construction; European research; Experimental investigations; High cycle fatigue; Large wind turbines; Fatigue of materials; American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME); Arctic; Gage
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11615/77853; https://doi.org/10.1115/OMAE2019-95812

The paper is part of the European research program JABACO (2015-2018), on the optimization of design and construction of offshore jacket platforms for supporting large wind turbines (5 - 10 MW) in water depths ranging from 30m to 80m. In particular, the paper describes an experimental investigation...