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REVIEW article

Front. Energy Res.
Sec. Wind Energy
Volume 12 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fenrg.2024.1497210
This article is part of the Research Topic Recent Advances in Offshore Renewable Energy View all 7 articles

Analysis of dynamic response of offshore wind turbines subjected to ship impacts and the corresponding protection measures: A review

Provisionally accepted
Lu Ma Lu Ma 1Jieyi Ding Jieyi Ding 2Xianfeng Zhang Xianfeng Zhang 1Wubin Wang Wubin Wang 1Xiong Zhao Xiong Zhao 1Yang Yang Yang Yang 2*
  • 1 China Three Gorges Corporation, Beijing, China
  • 2 Ningbo University, Ningbo, China

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    Offshore wind energy is characterized by its clean and renewable nature, leading to rapid growth in the industry. However, the incidence of ship collisions with offshore wind turbines has also risen with the increasing number of offshore wind farms, particularly in commercial shipping lanes. To gain a thorough understanding of dynamic response between wind turbines and vessels, this paper extensively reviews studies related to wind turbine-ship collisions over the past two decades to cover four key aspects: (i) the fundamental requirements and background of collision analysis study, (ii) the analysis of dynamic response and collision characteristics of the fixedbottom and floating offshore wind turbines (OWTs) subjected to ship collision forces, respectively, (iii) the influence of key collision factors that include impact positions, initial ship kinetic energy and soil-structure interaction on the structural response for the wind turbines, and (iv) the discussion of protection measures to mitigate the collision damage of the substructure. The limitations in the existing studies are discussed and future research directions are suggested.

    Keywords: Offshore wind energy, offshore wind turbines, Ship collision, Dynamic response, Protection measures

    Received: 16 Sep 2024; Accepted: 16 Oct 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Ma, Ding, Zhang, Wang, Zhao and Yang. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Yang Yang, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China

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