State-of-the-art comparison of standards in terms of dominant sea ice loads for offshore wind turbine support structures in the Baltic sea

W. Popko, Jaakko Heinonen, S. Hetmanczyk, F. Vorpahl

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    Abstract

    The paper is focused on a comparison of different design guidelines and standards, with emphasize on the dominant sea ice loads for offshore support structures for wind turbines in the subarctic. The documents published by Germanischer Lloyd (GL), The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), Det Norske Veritas (DNV) and The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) are accounted for in the comparison as the key standards and guidelines. The comparison is conducted on several layers of complexity. First, a general applicability of the examined documents to offshore wind turbines (OWT) is briefly studied. Then, an examination of the standards upon their coverage on the sea ice topic and interaction with various OWT support structures is presented. And finally, a proposal for an integrated set of design load cases, where a interaction between various environmental conditions and an OWT, is given
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationProceedings of the International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference
    Subtitle of host publicationISOPE 2012
    Place of PublicationCupertino, California, USA
    PublisherInternational Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers ISOPE
    Pages426-433
    ISBN (Print)978-1-8806-5394-4
    Publication statusPublished - 2012
    MoE publication typeNot Eligible
    Event22nd International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, ISOPE-2012 - Rhodes, Greece
    Duration: 17 Jun 201222 Jun 2012
    Conference number: 22

    Conference

    Conference22nd International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, ISOPE-2012
    Abbreviated titleISOPE-2012
    Country/TerritoryGreece
    CityRhodes
    Period17/06/1222/06/12

    Keywords

    • Design guidelines and standards
    • ice loads
    • ice-structure interaction
    • offshore support structure
    • offshore wind turbines

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