Yang, Hezhen; Zhu, Yun; Lu, Qijin; Zhang, Jun - In: Renewable Energy 78 (2015) C, pp. 16-25
This work presents an efficient methodology for the Reliability Based Design Optimization (RBDO) of the tripod sub-structure of offshore wind turbines considering dynamic response requirements. The cost of supporting structure of offshore wind turbines is so high that optimization in the design...