Cost effective strategy using Kriging surrogates to compute fatigue at multiple locations of a structure: Application to offshore wind turbine certification

Author： Huchet Quentin

Publisher： Edp Sciences

E-ISSN： 2261-236x|165|issue|17001-17001

ISSN： 2261-236x

Source： MATEC Web of conference, Vol.165, Iss.issue, 2018-05, pp. : 17001-17001

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Abstract

Offshore wind energy development has experienced a rapid development over the last few years encouraged by the of carbon reduction policy and the energy mix objectives of several countries worldwide. Nowadays, the offshore projects under investigation are composed of tens to hundreds of units reaching impressive dimensions with total rotor diameters from 150 to 220 meters and production capacity of 5 to 12 MW per turbine. Mechanical analyses have to be performed to validate the design regarding the solicitations it may face during its lifetime (20 years). Because of the high number of solicitation cycles the structure is confronted to, an estimation of the cumulated damage is mandatory and has to be carefully assessed. As presented in standards, this verification requires massive computation investments and is usually a challenging task for project engineers. This paper presents the “MultiSite” extension of the AK-DA numerical strategy (“Adaptive Kriging for Damage Assessment”). After being formalized, an illustration of its behaviour and performances is proposed for the validation of a design regarding its cumulated damages at different locations.