Structural Reliability Analysis of Wind Turbines: A Review

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

Energies, 2017, vol. 10, issue 12, 1-25

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: wind turbine; structural reliability; uncertainty; load effects; probabilistic design (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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