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Overdick WIND ENERGY FOCUS
Optimised Design of large diameter monopile wind turbine foundation structures Introduction Decreasing subsidies and increasing competition in the offshore wind sector require cost and time efficient engineering approaches. The ability to combine several engineering disciplines and create an integrated design of wind turbine foundation and transition piece structures in every design stage is considered as a major benefit for project schedule, cost monitoring and quality management.
Engineering requirements Offshore wind turbine support and foundation structures require highest engineering standards with keeping the project costs on a low level at the same time. The design process combines different engineering disciplines such as structural, geotechnical, electrical, hydrodynamic, fabrication planning, transport and installation. With know-how and state-of-the-art engineering tools in all of these disciplines Overdick is working in
interdisciplinary project teams to provide an integrated design and finding the best solutions from tender to detail design. A sound understanding of all relevant parameters and their interaction is essential to efficiently optimise the entire system. Large diameter monopiles wind turbine foundations are of special interest since these structures have shown to be the most cost efficient foundation types for the majority of the currently planned wind farms located in medium water depth.
Large diameter monopiles The foundation pile diameters are currently reaching up to 8.5 m. With these large diameters, the traditional design toolbox is reaching its limits. This requires a re-thinking of the applicable tools to create a safe and reliable, yet economical and efficient monopile design. A variety of advanced and problem-dedicated design and calculation tools enable Overdick’s ENERGY,oil&gas
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