Punching shear

Load assessment of the offshore wind turbine substructure including the punching shear effect
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Abstract

Abstract
As a foundation of offshore wind turbine, jacket substructure is an attractive solution in water depths of about 20m to 50m for offshore wind turbines. Based on the
statistical measured offshore environmental condition at water depth of 33m, designed jacket substructure's ultimate load was calculated by GH-Bladed commercial code.
The API RP2A-WSD for checking the adequacy of tubular members gives formulations for loads acting alone and loads acting in combination. The derived ultimate load
was checked with API RP2A-WSD with respect to buckling and punching shear effect.
Chord (Stress )
: (N 3447 36 E 12546 37)
: 1996. 7. 1. ~ 2010. 12. 31.
: 33m

(m) (s) (m) (s) (m) (s)
100 6.76 12.79 4.06 10 1.96 6.79
50 6.58 12.62 3.95 9.74 1.91 6.79
10 6.16 12.36 3.7 9.54 1.79 6.62
1 5.49 11.57 3.3 8.95 1.6 6.03
1.4 0.83 0.39 5.14
Wind turbine class
Table. 1 Wave Information
Wind turbine class
(m/s) 50 42.5 37.5
Values
specified
by the
designer
0.16
0.14
0.12
ref
V
C
B
A
Fig. 1 Location of Chilbal-do
Table. 2 Fundamental Parameters of Wind turbine class

RNA / Tower : NREL 5MW Reference model
API-RP2A-WSD Code Check
Chord Chord can Brace Brace can
Diameter[mm] 1219.2 1231.9 609 609
Wall thickness
[mm]
25.4 38.1 12.7 25.4
(Steel)
Young's Modulus 210 [GPa]
Shear Modulus 80.7 [GPa]
Density 8500 [Kg/]
Fig. 2 Modeling with GH-Bladed
2 2
'
'
1.0
1
: Axial Compressive Stress
: Allowable Axial Compressive Stress
: In-plane Bending Stress
: Out of plane Bending Stress
: Reduction Factor
: Elastic Loc
m bx by
a
a a
b
e
a
a
bx
by
m
e
C f f
f
F f
F
F
f
F
f
f
C
F
+
+ s
| |

|
\ .
al Buckling Stress
2 2
2
arcsin 1.0
: acting punching shear stress
: allowable punching shear stress
AX : Axial
IPB : In-plane
OPB : Out of plane
p p p
pa pa pa
AX IPB OPB
p
pa
v v v
v t v v
v
v
| | | |
+ + s | |
| |
\ . \ .
Rating Power 5 MW
Rotor Orientation,
Configuration
Upwind, 3 Blades
Control
Variable Speed,
Collective Pitch
Rotor, Hub Diameter 126m, 3m
Hub Height 96.6m
Cut-In, Rated, Cut-Out
Wind Speed
3m/s, 11.4m/s, 25m/s
Cut-In, Rated Rotor Speed 6.9rpm, 12.1rpm
Rated Tip Speed 80m/s
Overhang, Shaft Tilt,
Precone
5m, 5, 2.5
Rotor and Nacelle Mass 350ton
Tower Mass 1043ton
Total Mass of Turbine 1393ton
Jacket Dimension
Table. 3 Wind Turbine Properties

: Allowable Bending Stress
b
F
F
r
e
Rotor rotating
speed
@ Cut-in W.S.
Rotor rotating
speed
@ Cut-out W.S.
Table. 4 Natural Frequency of Tower
Frequencies (Hz) Mode Type
0.243 Tower Side-Side translational mode (1
st
mode)
0.244 Tower Fore-Aft translational mode (2
nd
mode)

Jacket
. API RP2A WSD .
Chord Unity value 0.8 0.87 . Chord
Unity value Buckling
Chord .
K Joint Brace Chord Punching shear value 0.19
Rotor Speed [RPM]
e
q
u
e
n
c
y
[
H
z
]
0,1
,3
1st mode
12.1/ 60
0.83( ) 0.95: safe
0.243
3 6.9/60
1.05 1.42( safe
R
R
f
f
f
= = <

s = = ):
0,2
,3
12.1/ 60
0.826( ) 0.95: safe
0.244
3 6.9/60
1.05 1.41( safe
R
R
f
f
f
= = <

s = =
2nd mode
):
Fig. 3 Campbell Diagram
Fig. 4 Unity Value Fig. 5 Punching Shear Value
. K Joint 4 Brace 2 Brace 2 Brace
Punching shear value .

.

(1) J. Jonkman, S. Butterfield, W. Musial and G. Scott "Definition of a 5MW Reference Wind Turbine for
Offshore System Development", Technical report NREL/TP-500-38060 February 2009
0,1
.05 . ( sa e
0.243 f
)
0,2
.05 . ( sa e
0.244 f
)
Chord (Force )
(2) API, "Recommended Practice for Planning, Designing and Constructing Fixed Offshore Platforms" API-
RP2A-WSD(Working Stress Design) 21th edition. 2000
(3) IEC, "IEC-61400-3 Design Requirements for Offshore Wind Turbines", 2008
(4) 2009
(5) , LNG GUI 20
5 2007.10
Department of Mechanical Engineering Micro Structure Reliability Laboratory
Contact : Jonghoon Han (E-mail : hjh1128@postech.ac.kr / Tel : 054-279-2837)