Structural Reliability Analysis of Wind Turbines: A Review

Zhiyu Jiang; Weifei Hu; Wenbin Dong; Zhen Gao; Zhengru Ren

doi:10.3390/en10122099

Energies (Dec 2017)

Structural Reliability Analysis of Wind Turbines: A Review

Zhiyu Jiang,
Weifei Hu,
Wenbin Dong,
Zhen Gao,
Zhengru Ren

Affiliations

Zhiyu Jiang: Department of Marine Technology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway
Weifei Hu: Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
Wenbin Dong: DNV GL, P.O. Box 300, 1322 Høvik, Norway
Zhen Gao: Department of Marine Technology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway
Zhengru Ren: Department of Marine Technology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/en10122099
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 12
p. 2099

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The paper presents a detailed review of the state-of-the-art research activities on structural reliability analysis of wind turbines between the 1990s and 2017. We describe the reliability methods including the first- and second-order reliability methods and the simulation reliability methods and show the procedure for and application areas of structural reliability analysis of wind turbines. Further, we critically review the various structural reliability studies on rotor blades, bottom-fixed support structures, floating systems and mechanical and electrical components. Finally, future applications of structural reliability methods to wind turbine designs are discussed.

Published in Energies

ISSN: 1996-1073 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Technology
Website: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/energies

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