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Failure analysis of floating offshore wind turbine technologies

Shafiee, M. and Stamelos, G. and Aziminia, M.M. and Elusakin, T. and Adedipe, T. and Dinmohammadi, F. (2021) Failure analysis of floating offshore wind turbine technologies. In: Soares, C. Guedes, ed. Developments in Renewable Energies Offshore. CRC Press, London, pp. 488-494. ISBN 978-0-367-68131-9. (doi:10.1201/9781003134572-55) (Access to this publication is currently restricted. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:87318)

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Abstract

The technology of Floating Offshore Wind Turbines (FOWTs) is still at an early development stage and its reliability is not yet fully tested and proven. This study aims to perform a quantitative failure analysis on a FOWT technology with a spar-type platform and three catenary mooring lines. The analysis is built on two well-established reliability engineering methodologies, namely, Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) and Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA). The most critical components are identified and ranked according to their failure probability and the severity of the possible consequences. The results show a good agreement between two methods with regard to failure criticality rankings. However, some diversities between the results are also observed which are attributed to the difference between FTA and FMEA methods, as the former incorporates the causes of multiple failure modes whereas the latter is mainly used for single failure analysis.

Item Type: Book section
DOI/Identification number: 10.1201/9781003134572-55
Uncontrolled keywords: Floating offshore wind turbine; Failure analysis; Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA); Fault Tree Analysis (FTA)
Subjects: T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) > TA401 Materials engineering and construction
T Technology > TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Computing, Engineering and Mathematical Sciences > School of Engineering and Digital Arts
Depositing User: Mahmood Shafiee
Date Deposited: 25 Mar 2021 23:17 UTC
Last Modified: 26 Mar 2021 11:17 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/87318 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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