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Final report for WP4.3: Enhancement of design methods ... - Upwind

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Table 5.28: Output locations <strong>for</strong> damage equivalent loads<br />

Jacket location Bladed identifier Load component<br />

Mbr 1 End 1 Axial <strong>for</strong>ce Fx<br />

Pile head<br />

Mbr 2 End 1<br />

Mbr 3 End 1<br />

Axial <strong>for</strong>ce Fx<br />

Axial <strong>for</strong>ce Fx<br />

Mbr 4 End 1 Axial <strong>for</strong>ce Fx<br />

Mbr 109 End 1 Axial <strong>for</strong>ce Fx<br />

Upper joint<br />

Mbr 110 End 1<br />

Mbr 111 End 1<br />

Axial <strong>for</strong>ce Fx<br />

Axial <strong>for</strong>ce Fx<br />

Mbr 112 End 1 Axial <strong>for</strong>ce Fx<br />

Tower base Mbr 134 End 1 Overturning bending moment Mz<br />

Figure 5.6: Output locations <strong>for</strong> damage equivalent loads<br />

Sources <strong>of</strong> loading<br />

For jacket structures it is generally assumed that wind loads dominate over hydrodynamic loads, due to<br />

the relative hydrodynamic transparency <strong>of</strong> jackets. In order to confirm this assumption, two additional fatigue<br />

load sets were per<strong>for</strong>med, one with wind only and one with waves only, in order to investigate the<br />

relative influence <strong>of</strong> the different sources <strong>of</strong> loading.<br />

Figure 5.7 shows a sample time history <strong>of</strong> the axial <strong>for</strong>ce at one <strong>of</strong> the pile heads, during normal power<br />

production. Figure 5.8 presents normalized DELs at the chosen output locations on the jacket <strong>for</strong> the three<br />

different cases.<br />

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