A comparative study of three onshore wind turbine foundation solutions
(2018) In Computers and Geotechnics 94. p.46-57- Abstract
This work focuses on the geotechnical behaviour of three foundation solutions for windmills. The first design is a traditional flat raft, the second is a deep flat raft, and the third is a conical raft. A comparative study between the traditional and the new solutions is performed. A conical raft is used to improve the resistance of the soil-structure interface. It is shown that a conical raft gives a significant decrease of tilting compared to a flat circular raft. The use of a conical raft can thus decrease the dimensions of the foundation which may lead to potential cost reductions.
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- author
- Mohamed, Wael LU and Austrell, Per Erik LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2018-02
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Conical raft, FE analysis, Onshore, Wind turbine foundations
- in
- Computers and Geotechnics
- volume
- 94
- pages
- 46 - 57
- publisher
- Elsevier
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85028743658
- ISSN
- 0266-352X
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.compgeo.2017.08.022
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- 3739852c-b1eb-482b-9557-b947f2029c72
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- 2017-09-28 07:57:31
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