Protecting Offshore Wind Turbines against Ship Impacts by Means of Adaptive Inflatable Structures

Collisions with small service ships are serious danger for offshore wind turbines. Installing torus-shaped adaptive inflatable structure that surrounds a wind turbine tower at water level is one method of effective protection. Proposed pneumatic structure contains several separate air chambers equip...

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Main Authors: Cezary Graczykowski, Jan Holnicki-Szulc
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2009-01-01
Series:Shock and Vibration
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/SAV-2009-0473
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