Human exposure to motion during maintenance on floating offshore wind turbines

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dc.contributor.authorScheu, Matti
dc.contributor.authorMatha, Denis
dc.contributor.authorSchwarzkopf, Marie-Antoinette
dc.contributor.authorKolios, Athanasios
dc.date.accessioned2018-08-31T13:58:33Z
dc.date.available2018-08-31T13:58:33Z
dc.date.issued2018-07-25
dc.description.abstractWorking on floating offshore wind turbines is a complex operation. An important factor is the influence that the structural motion has on humans located on the asset in a harsh environment during maintenance activities and its implications towards personal safety, human comfort and the ability to work. For the research presented in this paper, extensive simulation studies were conducted to assess if and to what extend working on floating offshore wind turbines may be compromised due to extensive structural motion. Results show that weather windows for maintenance activities are reduced by up to 5% when adhering to guidelines suggesting limiting threshold values for acceleration exposure. The corresponding potential financial losses materializing due to longer turbine unavailability after a fault are significant. All the presented and discussed results underline the importance of considering motion criteria in the design phase of a new project - a factor which is not included in design procedures today.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationMatti Scheu, Denis Matha, Marie-Antoinette Schwarzkopf and Athanasios Kolios. Human exposure to motion during maintenance on floating offshore wind turbines. Ocean Engineering, Volume 165, 1 October 2018, Pages 293-306en_UK
dc.identifier.issn0029-8018
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2018.07.016
dc.identifier.urihttp://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/13449
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherElsevieren_UK
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/*
dc.subjectFloating offshore wind energyen_UK
dc.subjectO&Men_UK
dc.subjectWorkabilityen_UK
dc.subjectMaintainabilityen_UK
dc.subjectHuman exposure to motionen_UK
dc.subjectWhole-body vibrationen_UK
dc.titleHuman exposure to motion during maintenance on floating offshore wind turbinesen_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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