Design and Analysis of Jacket Substructures for Offshore Wind Turbines

This study focused on investigating various existing types of offshore jacket substructures along with a proposed twisted-tripod jacket type (modified jacket (MJ)-structures). The architectures of the three-leg structure, as well as the patented twisted jacket structure motivated the design of the p...

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Main Authors: I-Wen Chen, Bao-Leng Wong, Yu-Hung Lin, Shiu-Wu Chau, Hsin-Haou Huang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-04-01
Series:Energies
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/9/4/264