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To characterise baselines for the other Themes. In particular, to research and define existing wind turbine reliability & availability; to define the exemplar wind turbine configuration for future large scale off-shore machines; to define appropriate wind characteristics for relevant scenarios.
Sub-themes:
- Reliability and Availability
- Wind Turbine Configuration
- Wind Characteristics
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To research drive train loads imposed on existing & future wind turbines and to devise the means to condition monitor turbines to increase availability.
Sub-themes:
- Turbine Characterisation
- Condition Monitoring
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To research the use of novel materials and management of structural loads so that future large scale wind turbines can be designed as materially optimised, more load tolerant, highly fatigue-resistant structures, with implications for improved cost-effective reliability and longer service life.
Sub-themes:
- Wind Turbine Component Design
- Aerodynamic Estimation for Operational Control
- Active Load Reduction
- Engineering Large Wind Turbines
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To research lightning protection, with due regard to the radar cross-section, and subsea issues to improve cost-effective availability, survivability and acceptability of large offshore wind turbine systems.
Sub-themes:
- Foundation Scour
- Radar Cross Section (RCS)
- Lightning Protection
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