MS Title:
Dynamics, Loads and Probabilistic Design of Offshore Wind Turbines

Description:
Offshore wind turbines (OWTs) are attracting increasing attentions from the civil engineering community in recent years. Although theoretical and experimental studies have been conducted in academia and industry, refined and efficient design of OWTs still remains a challenging task because many uncertainties are involved in the system. Therefore, the probabilistic design is crucial to ensure the economical and safety design of OWTs. In addition, since OWT is a flexible dynamical system, severe structural vibration issues arise as the dimensions of OWTs increase, which poses great challenges to the serviceability and operation of the system. Thus, the vibration control of OWTs, especially under uncertainties, is of great significance for offshore wind development. In view of this situation, the aim of this mini-symposium is addressing the advances on theories and methods of probabilistic design and vibration control of OWTs considering the uncertainties associated with external excitations and structural systems. The scope of the mini-symposium is broad, contributions related to the following topics and other pertinent topics are welcome.

(1) Stochastic modeling of offshore environment, such as wind and wave;
(2) Stochastic response analysis of OWTs under extreme or long-term loads;
(3) Risk assessment and reliability analysis of OWTs;
(4) Reliability-based design of OWTs;
(5) Prediction of remaining life and life extension of OWTs;
(6) Dynamics, vibration control and optimization of OWTs.

Session Chairs:
Yupeng Song, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, China. E-mail: songyupeng@njtech.edu.cn
Zili Zhang, Tongji University, Shanghai, China. E-mail: zili_zhang@tongji.edu.cn
Chao Sun, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, U.S. E-mail: csun@lsu.edu
Jianbing Chen, Tongji University, Shanghai, China. E-mail: chenjb@tongji.edu.cn
Biswajit Basu, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, E-mail: basub@tcd.ie