AUTOMATED OPTIMAL DESIGN OF CONSTRAINED STRUCTURES
CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION 1 PART I WIND TURBINE BLADES 2 DESIGN OF WIND TURBINE BLADES 11 3 DAMAGE SENSING IN BLADES 23 4 FIBRE BRAGG GRATING AS A MULTI-STAGE STRUCTURE HEALTH MONITORING SENSOR 51 5 ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF BEND-TWIST COUPLED WIND TURBINE BLADES 65 6 IMPROVEMENT OF WIND TURBINE BLADE PERFORMANCE BY MEANS OF ROD VORTEX GENERATORS 79 7 TRAILING AND LEADING EDGE FLAPS FOR LOAD ALLEVIATION AND STRUCTURE CONTROL PART II ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES FOR DRIVETRAIN AND GEARBOX ANALYSIS 8 OWT DRIVETRAIN & GEARBOX SIMULATION AND TESTING 9 DYNAMIC BEHAVIOR OF BEARINGS ON OFFSHORE WIND TURBINE GEARBOXES 10 EXPERIMENTAL CHARACTERIZATION OF WIND TURBINE GEARBOX IN OPERATION PART III TOWER & SUPPORT STRUCTURE 11 AN OVERVIEW OF ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF OFFSHORE WIND TURBINES 12 DYNAMIC RESPONSE ANALYSIS OF FLOATING WIND TURBINES WITH EMPHASIS ON VERTICAL AXIS ROTORS 13 BOTTOM FIXED SUBSTRUCTURE ANALYSIS, MODEL TESTING AND DESIGN FOR HARSH ENVIRONMENT 14 DETECTION OF DAMAGE IN METALLIC STRUCTURES FOR OFFSHORE APPLICATIONS PART IV RELIABILITY & PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE OF OFFSHORE WIND TURBINES PART V CFD ANALYSIS OF A COMPLETE OFFSHORE WIND TURBINE 16 AN OVERVIEW OF THE CFD ANALYSES IN THE MARE-WINT PROJECT 17 CFD INVESTIGATION OF A COMPLETE FLOATING OFFSHORE WIND TURBINE 18 CFD STUDY OF DTU 10 MW RWT AEROELASTICITY AND ROTOR-TOWER INTERACTIONS PART VI OFFSHORE WIND FARM DESIGN 19 AN OVERVIEW OF OFFSHORE WIND FARM DESIGN 20 LARGE EDDY SIMULATION OF WIND FARM AERODYNAMICS WITH ENERGY-CONSERVING SCHEMES 21 A THEORETICAL RISK MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK FOR VESSELS OPERATING NEAR OFFSHORE WIND FARMS PART VII OFFSHORE WIND DECOMMISSIONING 22 ODIN-WIND: AN OVERVIEW OF THE DECOMMISSIONING PROCESS FOR OFFSHORE WIND TURBINES 23 WIND TURBINE BLADES: AN END OF LIFE PERSPECTIVE