[HTML][HTML] A review of additive manufacturing capabilities for potential application in offshore renewable energy structures

F O'Neill, A Mehmanparast - Forces in Mechanics, 2024 - Elsevier
Offshore renewable energy structures are subject to harsh environments with loading from
wind, wave, and tides which introduce fatigue damage in corrosive and erosive …

[HTML][HTML] A methodology to evaluate seawater corrosion on quasi-static tensile properties of a structural steel

A Dantas, R Dantas, GP Cipriano, A de Jesus… - Engineering Failure …, 2024 - Elsevier
With the wind turbine industry growing and increasingly turning its focus to the offshore
sector, it is important to grasp the challenges that come with it: the logistic challenges related …

[HTML][HTML] Review of Drone-Based Technologies for Wind Turbine Blade Inspection

SJ Heo, WS Na - Electronics, 2025 - mdpi.com
Wind energy is one of the most rapidly growing sectors in renewable energy generation,
with wind turbines being central to this expansion. Regular maintenance, particularly the …

Evaluation of fracture toughness according to the pre-strain and temperature effect with H-Section S420 steel for deep sea offshore structures

G An, J Park, W Joo, D Seong - Ocean Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
This study examined the effect of pre-strain on fracture toughness for H-section S420 steel
base plates and welds, focusing on the significance of heat-affected zone (HAZ) fracture …

Load-carrying mechanism of thin-walled hybrid double-skin tubular columns subjected to axial compression

R Deng, Z Zhang, Y Xiang - Engineering Structures, 2025 - Elsevier
Rapid development of offshore infrastructure towards increasingly large dimensions and
deep water highlights the need to seek promising alternatives to hollow steel tubular (HST) …

Influence of hot-dip galvanization on the fatigue performance of high-strength bolted connections

A Milone, P Foti, LM Viespoli, D Wan, F Mutignani… - Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
In the present work, the influence of hot-dip galvanization (HDG) on the fatigue behaviour of
high-strength bolted details is investigated through a set of 15 constant-amplitude tests …

Fatigue Analysis of a Jacket-Supported Offshore Wind Turbine at Block Island Wind Farm

N Partovi-Mehr, J DeFrancisci, M Minaeijavid… - Sensors, 2024 - mdpi.com
Offshore wind-turbine (OWT) support structures are subjected to cyclic dynamic loads with
variations in loadings from wind and waves as well as the rotation of blades throughout their …

Mechanical performance analysis of bolt connections for wind turbine towers after corrosion

T Wang, G Liang, Y Liu - Structures, 2025 - Elsevier
To better develop and utilize high-quality wind energy resources in low wind speed regions,
this paper proposes a novel assembled rectangular concrete-filled steel tube bundle wind …

[HTML][HTML] Reviewing the progress of corrosion fatigue research on marine structures

Y Yang, C Chen, Y Zhuang, Z Suo - Frontiers in Materials, 2024 - frontiersin.org
This paper reviews the state-of-the-art progress of research into corrosion fatigue on marine
structures, both theoretical and experimental. This includes corrosion fatigue life prediction …

[HTML][HTML] Fatigue Life Assessment of Corroded AlSi10MgMn Specimens

M Schönowitz, S Fladischer, P Oberreiter, B Maier… - Metals, 2024 - mdpi.com
This study investigates the influence of pre-corrosion damage on the fatigue behavior of
AlSi10MgMn high-pressure die-cast specimens, using the statistical distribution of corrosion …