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Simulation<br />

Measurement<br />

pitch angle<br />

wind speed<br />

generator<br />

speed<br />

rotor<br />

torque<br />

tower base<br />

bending moment<br />

53 Advances in Offshore <strong>Wind</strong> Technology 289<br />

manual emergency stop<br />

time<br />

0 20 40 60 80 100<br />

Fig. 53.2. Comparison between simulation and measurement<br />

53.3 Substructure Technology<br />

One of the main drivers for an economic installation is the substructure design.<br />

Many developments on substructure concepts are ongoing and the industry is<br />

clearly moving towards more competitive concepts. REpower has worked extensively<br />

on design methods for the combined wind and wave loading and several<br />

substructures have been evaluated from technical and economical points<br />

of view.<br />

53.3.1 Design Methodologies<br />

So far a substitute Monopile is used to represent complex substructures for<br />

simulation of the turbines [2]. Although this “semi-integrated” methodology<br />

is workable for many substructures, there are some drawbacks:<br />

– Stiffness representation with a Monopile is not adequate for all kinds of<br />

substructures. This leads to significant differences in overall stiffness and<br />

thus eigenfrequencies, which are an important parameter in the transient<br />

calculations.<br />

– Wave loading is calculated for a straight vertical member, so that the<br />

positive effect of distributed members in wave direction is not taken into

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