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1 AIM ................................................................................................................................... 2
2 SCOPE ............................................................................................................................... 2
3 COORDINATE SYSTEM ........................................................................................................ 2
4 EXTREME LOADS ................................................................................................................ 3
5 QUASIPERMANENT LOADS .................................................................................................. 3
6 CHARACTERISTIC LOADS.................................................................................................... 3
7 FATIGUE LOADS ................................................................................................................. 4
8 ROTATIONAL STIFFNESS .................................................................................................... 4
9 INTERFACE ........................................................................................................................ 5

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1 AIM

This document specifies preliminary foundation loads for SG6.0-170 HH115 at VILAS COMPLEX
WF (BRAZIL).

The estimation of these loads come from PRJ-5135.

All technical data contained in this document are subject to change owing to ongoing technical development.
Therefore, the loads and rotational stiffness included here are considered as preliminary values. Before the
foundation is designed it will be compulsory to check the enforced content of this document.

2 SCOPE

Applicable to foundations for SG6.0-170 HH115 wind turbines at VILAS COMPLEX WF (BRAZIL).

3 COORDINATE SYSTEM

The axis system used for presentation of the tower bottom loads is depicted in Figure 1:

Co-ordinate system at Tower bottom (tower bottom): Location at tower bottom, at the upper surface of
flange of foundation steel section.

Figure 1. Coordinate system

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4 EXTREME LOADS

The preliminary extreme loads for the design of the SG6.0-170 HH115 foundations are shown Table 1.

Load
Fx (kN) Fy (kN) Fz (kN) Mx (kNm) My (kNm) Mxy (kNm) Mz (kNm)
factor
UNFACTORED
1 1270.75 25.59 -5587.23 7663.75 151281.35 151474.60 3048.74
EXTREME LOADS
FACTORED EXTREME
1.35 1715.51 34.56 -7542.76 10346.07 204229.81 204490.72 4115.79
LOADS
Table 1. SG6.0-170 HH115 Factored/Unfactored Extreme loads at tower bottom

The loads provided by Gamesa as “Extreme Loads” in this section are the maximum static loads for the
specific wind turbine calculated according to IEC 61400 or DIBt standard for each site class. These loads
must not be combined with any other type of load. They include the dynamic behaviour of the structure and
correspond to the most unfavourable case at the base of the wind turbine among the different load cases,
according to IEC 61400 or DIBt. Therefore, the loads provided by Gamesa as “Extreme Loads” are directly
the foundation design loads. They shall not be divided or combined with any other load.

5 QUASIPERMANENT LOADS

Loads according to GL2010, considering DLC 1.1 and 6.4 with a probability of exceedance of pf = 10 -2
(equivalent to 1750 h in 20 years) with F = 1.0 have been estimated as shown in table 2:

Load factor Fxy (kN) Fz (kN) Mxy (kNm) Mz (kNm)

1 986.29 -7542.76 111512.14 4115.79

Table 2. SG6.0-170 HH115 Quasi Permanent Loads at tower bottom

No gap between the foundation and the ground shall be verified for the loads of Table 2.

6 CHARACTERISTIC LOADS

Characteristics loads (maximum Mxy bending moment load combination of groups N, E and T according to
GL2012 Sec. 5.4.3.1.3, or equivalent groups N-T according to IEC 61400-1 2006) have been estimated as
shown in table 3:

Load
Fx (kN) Fy (kN) Fz (kN) Mx (kNm) My (kNm) Mxy (kNm) Mz (kNm)
factor
1 1270.75 25.59 -5587.23 7663.75 151281.35 151474.60 3048.74
Table 3. SG6.0-170 HH115 Characteristics Loads at the base of the tower

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7 FATIGUE LOADS

The equivalent fatigue loads peak to peak for the design foundations are provided in Table 4. They have
been calculated for 107 cycles:

m Fz (kN) My (kNm)
Tower Bottom 4 150 37321.82
Tower Bottom 7 150 45695.99
Table 4. SG6.0-170 HH115 equivalent fatigue loads at the base of the tower

In the above table, the “m” values correspond to the Wöhler gradient, which has a value of m=4 for
embedded steel and m=7 reinforcement in reinforced concrete.

Table 5 shows the mean fatigue loads for the design of the SG6.0-170 HH115 foundation:

Fz (kN) My (kNm)
-6718.44 69944.21
Table 5. SG6.0-170 HH115 Mean Fatigue Loads at base of tower

The preliminary Markov Matrix to be used for the fatigue verifications is the following:

PRJ5135_Markov_T
OWER_My_0.000m_increment.xlsx

8 ROTATIONAL STIFFNESS

The foundation shall meet the rotational stiffness requirements specified by SGRE for each wind turbine, so
that the turbine operates correctly at the natural frequency of the entire unit.

If this condition is not met, the loads provided by SGRE for the design of the foundation will no longer be
valid.

In the case of pile foundations, SGRE will supply the minimum foundation horizontal stiffness value to be
guaranteed in the design.

The preliminary value for SG6.0-170 HH115 is shown in Table 6:

WTG SG6.0-170 HH115

Minimum rotational stiffness of the foundation 7.0E+10 Nm/rad
Table 6. SG6.0-170 HH115 Minimum rotational stiffness

The minimum rotational stiffness of the foundation comes from the aeroelastic model of the complete wind
turbine. In case these values drive the foundation designs, lower values can be evaluated if they keep
assuring the adequate dynamic behaviour of the wind turbine.

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9 INTERFACE

The junction between tower and foundation shall be performed using the interfaces provided by SGRE
(including levelling and positioning systems).

For SG6.0-170 HH115 foundation a post-tensioned bars cage interface must be used. The bars cage must be
assembled with the HH115 bottom T-flange. The T- flange main dimensions are:

Dm,shell Tower shell medium diameter [mm] 4400

tshell Tower shell thickness [mm] 59
Hflange Flange height without neck [mm] 111
Wflange Flange width [mm] 300
Nstuds Number of studs per row [-] 122
Nrow Number of rows [-] 2
DSCD1/DSCD2 Stud circle diameter [mm/mm] 4206/4594
M Stud Metric [-] M42

DSCD1

Dm,shell

DSCD2

tshell

Hflange

W flange

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A preliminary bars cage definition has been developed. Results are shown in next table.

Width x Thickness
Upper template 590x145 mm
Lower template 675X148 mm

Regarding to studs, typical lengths are available in SGRE catalogue: 2000mm, 2500mm, 3000mm, 3500mm
and 4000mm. The Foundation Engineer shall select the most suitable length for the foundation design.

Currently, the final geometry of the SG6.0-170 HH115 bar cage is not available. Please contact SGRE
technology department for the latest version of SG6.0-170 HH115 bars cage design before attempting to
conduct any foundation design.

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