Articles | Volume 9, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-1089-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-1089-2024
Research article
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07 May 2024
Research article |  | 07 May 2024

Effect of scour on the fatigue life of offshore wind turbines and its prevention through passive structural control

Yu Cao, Ningyu Wu, Jigang Yang, Chao Chen, Ronghua Zhu, and Xugang Hua

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Interactive discussion

Status: closed

Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • RC1: 'Comment on wes-2023-149', Anonymous Referee #1, 21 Dec 2023
    • AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Chao Chen, 07 Feb 2024
  • RC2: 'Comment on wes-2023-149', Anonymous Referee #2, 05 Jan 2024
    • AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Chao Chen, 07 Feb 2024

Peer review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision | EF: Editorial file upload
AR by Chao Chen on behalf of the Authors (07 Feb 2024)  Author's response   Author's tracked changes   Manuscript 
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (08 Feb 2024) by Raimund Rolfes
RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (13 Feb 2024)
RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (20 Feb 2024)
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (21 Feb 2024) by Raimund Rolfes
AR by Chao Chen on behalf of the Authors (23 Feb 2024)  Author's response   Author's tracked changes   Manuscript 
ED: Publish as is (04 Mar 2024) by Raimund Rolfes
ED: Publish as is (19 Mar 2024) by Athanasios Kolios (Chief editor)
AR by Chao Chen on behalf of the Authors (21 Mar 2024)  Manuscript 
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Short summary
This study investigates the offshore wind turbine support structure’s fatigue life by a rapid numerical model which considers the effects of scour and a tuned mass damper. An optimization technique is proposed to find the damper's optimal parameters, considering time-varying scour. It is found that the damper optimized by the proposed optimization technique performs better than an initially designed damper in terms of fatigue life enhancement.
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