TY - CHAP A1 - Baeßler, Matthias A1 - Cuéllar, Pablo A1 - Georgi, Steven A1 - Karabeliov, Krassimire A1 - Rücker, Werner A1 - Johnsen, Björn ED - Durstewitz, M. ED - Lange, B. T1 - „Neuland“ auf dem Meeresboden - Überwachungsverfahren und Bewertungsmodell für die Gründung von Offshore-Windenergieanlagen N2 - Offshore-Windenergie betritt Neuland, gerade bei der Gründung. Denn Windenergie auf See kann die Erfahrungen der gängigen Offshore-Konstruktionen der Öl- und Gasindustrie nur bedingt nutzen. Mehr als dort, versucht man bei der Offshore-Windenergie, die Gründungsabmessungen – insbesondere die Pfahllängen – soweit wie möglich zu reduzieren. Denn dies kann bei der hohen Anzahl der Windenergieanlagen erhebliche wirtschaftliche Vorteile bringen. Andererseits wird die Standsicherheit der Gründungen durch den viel höheren Anteil an zyklischen Lasten gegenüber den gängigen Offshore- Strukturen in schwer einschätzbarer Weise zusätzlich gefährdet. Da Offshore-Windenergieanlagen in Serienfertigung produziert werden, wirkt sich hier jeder systematische Fehler bei der Gründung dann gleich als Serienfehler auf eine Vielzahl von Anlagen aus. Überwachung ist also angesagt – und das richtige Maß bei der Pfahlgründung, der am meisten verwendete Fundamenttyp bei Windenergieanlagen. KW - Offshore Windkraftanlagen KW - Pfahlgründungen KW - Überwachungsverfahren PY - 2016 SN - 978-3-658-09782-0 SN - 978-3-658-09783-7 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-09783-7 SP - 61 EP - 68 PB - Springer AN - OPUS4-39348 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Baeßler, Matthias A1 - Cuéllar, Pablo A1 - Georgi, Steven A1 - Karabeliov, Krassimire A1 - Rücker, Werner A1 - Johnsen, Björn ED - Durstewitz, M. ED - Lange, B. T1 - Uncharted Territory on the Seabed - Monitoring Procedures and Assessment Model for the Foundations of Offshore Wind Turbines N2 - Offshore wind turbines enter unknown territory, especially where the foundations are concerned. This is because offshore wind power can only make use of the experience from the common offshore constructions used by the oil and gas industry to a limited extent. The offshore wind industry has tried to reduce foundation dimensions, especially the pile lengths, as much as possible compared with those of the oil and gas industry. This is because with the large number of wind turbines involved it can provide considerable economic advantages. On the other hand, the stability of the foundations is additionally at risk because due to the much larger number of cyclic loads they are subjected to it is very difficult to predict how they will behave. Since offshore wind farms are manufactured in series, every systematic fault in the foundation acts as a series fault for a large number of turbines. This calls for monitoring – and the right dimensions of pile foundation, the most common type of foundations used for wind turbines KW - Offshore wind turbines KW - Field tests KW - Axial pile capacity PY - 2017 SN - 978-3-662-53178-5 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-53179-2 SP - 61 EP - 67 PB - Springer AN - OPUS4-39341 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Rücker, Werner A1 - Cuéllar, Pablo A1 - Georgi, Steven A1 - Karabeliov, Krassimire A1 - Baeßler, Matthias A1 - Johnsen, Björn ED - Durstewitz, M. ED - Lange, B. T1 - Schieflagen bitte vermeiden N2 - Vieles ist möglich, auch auf dem Meeresboden. Wind und Wellen rütteln gemeinsam an der Gründung, den Fundamenten der Offshore-Windenergieanlagen. Hinzu kommen die „ganz normale“ Strömung sowie die in der Nordsee besonders ausgeprägten Gezeiten von Ebbe und Flut. Zudem kann am Meeresboden Porenwasserüberdruck entstehen, der den Boden lockern und im schlimmsten Fall bei Monopiles die Stabilität der gesamten Anlage ändern kann. Selbst wenn ein solcher in den Meeresboden gerammter Pfahl bis zu 8 Meter Durchmesser hat. Über die Hälfte der geplanten Offshore-Anlagen in Nord- und Ostsee werden mit Ein-Pfahl-Gründungen geplant, über 40 % sollen als Mehrpfahl-Gründungen, zum Beispiel als Tripod, ausgeführt werden. Von daher verdienen Pfahlgründungen und ihre Belastungen besondere Aufmerksamkeit. Denn eines gilt es im Anlagenbetrieb unbedingt zu vermeiden: Eine drohende Schiefstellung der Anlage KW - Windenergie KW - Offshore KW - Pfahlgründungen PY - 2016 SN - 978-3-658-09782-0 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-09783-7 SP - 53 EP - 59 AN - OPUS4-39344 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - Rogge, Andreas A1 - Rücker, Werner A1 - Baeßler, Matthias T1 - Tragverhalten und Zustandsbewertung von Offshore-Windenergieanlagen unter hochzyklischer Beanspruchung N2 - Die hochzyklischen Einwirkungen auf Offshore-Windenergieanlagen führen zu bemessungsrelevanten Ermüdungsbeanspruchungen aller Anlagenteile einschließlich der baulichen Konstruktion. Daraus ergeben sich diverse Fragestellungen hinsichtlich der Zuverlässigkeit und Wirtschaftlichkeit dieser Anlagen, die hier beispielhaft am Langzeit-Verformungsverhalten der Gründungskonstruktionen dargestellt sind. Die dynamischen Eigenschaften haben erhebliche Konsequenzen für die konstruktive und betriebstechnische Auslegung der Anlagen. Eine geeignete Möglichkeit sowohl zur Erfassung des Langzeitverhaltens als auch zur Erkennung von Schädigungsvorgängen stellt das Structural Health Monitoring mit unmittelbarer Ergebnisbewertung dar. Ein geeignetes Messsystem und die erforderlichen Auswertungsroutinen wurden im Rahmen eines Forschungsprojektes entwickelt, vergleichend bewertet und im Originalmaßstab erprobt. KW - Gründung KW - Langzeitverhalten KW - Ermüdung KW - Schädigung KW - Monitoring PY - 2012 SN - 1431-5122 N1 - Serientitel: Berichte aus dem konstruktiven Ingenieurbau – Series title: Berichte aus dem konstruktiven Ingenieurbau VL - 12/4 SP - 227 EP - 234 AN - OPUS4-27055 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Karabeliov, Krassimire A1 - Baeßler, Matthias A1 - Cuéllar, Pablo A1 - Rücker, Werner T1 - A method for system identification of a structure supported by nonlinear springs using evolutionary computing N2 - A mechanical structure supported by nonlinear springs subjected to an external load is considered. If all mechanical parameters of the system were known, the displacement of the system subjected to this load could be easily calculated. If not all of the parameters are known, but the load and the displacement are measured at one location, an inverse problem exists. In the presented problem the nonlinear springs are unknown and have to be determined. At first glance a problem needs to be solved, which is underdetermined due to the number of unknown variables. However, evolutionary computing can be applied to solve this inverse, nonlinear and multimodal problem. Sometimes a prior knowledge exists on certain system properties, which is difficult to implement into analytical or numerical solver. This knowledge can play a decisive role in identifying the system properties and it can be easily included as boundary condition when applying evolutionary algorithm. This article examines how and under what conditions the spring resistances can be identified. The procedure is exemplified at a mechanical system of a pile foundation. T2 - 2nd International conference on mathematical modeling in physical sciences 2013 CY - Prague, Czech Republic DA - 01.09.2013 PY - 2014 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-304531 UR - http://iopscience.iop.org/1742-6596/490/1/012095/pdf/1742-6596_490_1_012095.pdf DO - https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/490/1/012095 SN - 1742-6588 SN - 1742-6596 VL - 490 IS - 012095 SP - 1 EP - 4 PB - IOP Publ. CY - Bristol, UK AN - OPUS4-30453 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Thöns, Sebastian A1 - Faber, M. H. A1 - Rücker, Werner T1 - Optimierung des Managements der Tragwerksintegrität für Offshore-Windenergieanlagen N2 - Dieser Artikel enthält aktuelle Forschungsergebnisse im Bereich des überwachungsgestützten Managements der Tragwerksintegrität. Das Management der Tragwerksintegrität hat zum Ziel, die Funktionalität eines Tragwerks während des gesamten Lebenszyklus durch Einhaltung der Zielzuverlässigkeiten sicherzustellen. Ausgehend von Forschungsergebnissen über die Charakteristik von Überwachungsverfahren und -daten im Rahmen von Zuverlässigkeitsanalysen, wird ein Ansatz vorgestellt, wie die erwarteten Kosten für das Management der Tragwerksintegrität durch Überwachungsverfahren optimiert werden können. Dazu wird eine Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse für den Lebenszyklus einer Gründungstruktur von Offshore-Windenergieanlagen durchgeführt. Im Rahmen der Bayes'schen Entscheidungstheorie werden durch eine Prä-posteriori-Entscheidungsanalyse die optimalen Entscheidungsparameter für den Entwurf eines Überwachungssystems bestimmt. Als Fallstudie wird ein Überwachungssystem für die Gründungsstruktur eines Multibrid-M5000-Prototyps konzipiert und die mögliche Reduktion der Risiken und erwarteten Betriebskosten quantifiziert. N2 - This paper contains recent research results in the field of monitoring supported structural integrity management. The structural integrity management aims at ensuring the functioning of a structure throughout the life cycle by compliance with the target reliabilities. Building upon research results concerning the characteristics of monitoring techniques and data within the framework of reliability analyses, an approach is introduced for the optimisation of the expected structural integrity management costs by monitoring information. For this aim, a life cycle cost benefit analysis for offshore wind turbine support structures is formulated. The optimal monitoring decision parameters are then assessed utilizing the Bayesian pre-posterior decision theory. As a case study a monitoring system for a Multibrid M5000 offshore wind turbine prototype support structure is designed and possible reductions of the risks and expected costs are quantified. KW - Management der Tragwerksintegrität KW - Messunsicherheit KW - Tragwerkszuverlässigkeit KW - Bayes'sche Aktualisierung KW - Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse KW - Lebenszyklus KW - Structural integrity management KW - Measurement uncertainty KW - Structural reliability KW - Bayesian updating KW - Cost-benefit analysis KW - Life cycle KW - Bauwerkserhaltung/Sanierung - Maintenance and Repair KW - Meerestechnik - Offshore engineering KW - Stahlbau - Steel construction PY - 2012 DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/bate.201200021 SN - 0932-8351 SN - 1437-0999 SN - 0005-6820 SN - 0341-1052 SN - 0932-6359 VL - 89 IS - 8 SP - 525 EP - 532 PB - Ernst & Sohn CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-26313 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Thöns, Sebastian A1 - Faber, M.H. A1 - Rücker, Werner ED - Faber, M.H. ED - Köhler, J. ED - Nishijima, K. T1 - On the utilization of monitoring data in an ultimate limit state reliability analysis N2 - This paper describes a structural reliability analysis utilizing monitoring data in the ultimate limit state with consideration of the uncertainties of the monitoring procedure. For this purpose the uncertainties of the monitoring data are modeled utilizing a new framework for the determination of measurement uncertainties. The approach is based on a process equation and Statistical models of observations for the derivation of a posterior measurement uncertainty by Bayesian updating. This facilitates the quantification of a measurement uncertainty using all available data of the measurement process. For the reliability analysis in the ultimate limit state, monitoring data can be utilized as a loading model Information and as proof loading, i.e. resistance model Information. Both approaches are discussed with generic examples and it is shown that the modeling of monitoring data in a reliability analysis can result in a reduction of uncertainties and as a consequence in the reduction of the probability of failure. Furthermore, the proof loading concept is developed further to account for the uncertain characteristic of proof loading due to the measurement uncertainties which is consistent with the framework for the determination of measurement uncertainties. These approaches and findings can be utilized for the assessment of structures for life cycle extension and the design of monitoring Systems. T2 - ICASP 11 - 11th International conference on applications of statistics and probability in civil engineering CY - Zurich, Switzerland DA - 01.08.2011 PY - 2011 SN - 978-0-415-66986-3 SP - 1762 EP - 1769 PB - Taylor & Francis CY - London AN - OPUS4-24292 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Rohrmann, Rolf A1 - Thöns, Sebastian A1 - Rücker, Werner A1 - Bicker, S. A1 - Said, Samir A1 - Schmid, Wolfgang T1 - Structural investigations and monitoring results on a prototype of offshore wind turbines of multibrid M5000 series N2 - The concept and technical details of the implementation of the developed integrated monitoring system within the IMO-WIND project are presented. The tasks of the components of the system and its requirements are described. Selected results from the continuous monitoring during operation of the plant M5000_2 regarding the task design verification and dynamic structural analysis are given. T2 - DEWEK 2010 - 10th German wind energy conference CY - Bremen, Germany DA - 2010-11-17 KW - Integrated monitoring system KW - Offshore wind turbines KW - Design verification KW - Structural assessment KW - Limit values KW - Load transfer KW - Data management KW - Dynamic analysis KW - Rotor blades KW - Embedded sensors PY - 2011 IS - S03 SP - 1 EP - 5 PB - DEWI GmbH AN - OPUS4-23712 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Rohrmann, Rolf A1 - Thöns, Sebastian A1 - Rücker, Werner T1 - Integrated monitoring of offshore wind turbines - requirements, concepts and experiences N2 - Wind turbines on offshore sites (OWECs) are subjected to combined loads from wind and waves. These dynamic loads, with a frequency content within the range of the natural frequencies of the structures, cause fatigue-effective stresses in the substructures of wind turbines. Therefore, the examination of natural frequencies is an important part within the design process of wind turbines. The quality of the numerical models for such calculations is of great importance, since the certification guidelines permit only small uncertainties in modal analysis results. The accuracy of the parameters of the numerical model can only be achieved through a comparison of simulation results with corresponding test results. Therefore, it is necessary to measure the dynamic behaviour of all components of the wind turbines simultaneously. This is true not only for the design verification, but also for monitoring the OWECs in operation. The potential of integrated systems for monitoring-based maintenance optimisation should thus be used. KW - Offshore wind turbines KW - Integrated monitoring system KW - Structural assessment KW - Damage indicators KW - Dynamic loads KW - Data management PY - 2010 DO - https://doi.org/10.1080/15732470903068706 SN - 1573-2479 SN - 1744-8980 VL - 6 IS - 5 SP - 575 EP - 591 PB - Taylor & Francis CY - London AN - OPUS4-21452 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Thöns, Sebastian A1 - Rohrmann, Rolf A1 - Rücker, Werner A1 - Faber, M.H. T1 - Bewertung der Ermüdungsfestigkeit von Baustrukturen in Offshore-Windenergie-Anlagen N2 - Das Bauwerk einer Windenergieanlage dient der Sicherstellung der Energieproduktion. Eine entsprechende Zuverlässigkeit der Struktur und deren permanente Bewertung und Unterhaltung ist dazu notwendig. In diesem Beitrag werden Möglichkeiten der Bewertung des für die Struktur wichtigen Schädigungsmechanismus Ermüdung sowie dessen Überwachung in Zusammenhang mit Schädigungsindikatoren aufgezeigt. Dabei wird auf strukturmechanische, werkstoffmechanische und probabilistische Modelle sowie auf Messdaten eines Prototyps einer OWEA zurückgegriffen. Ausgehend von der gesamtdynamischen Berechnung wird die Zuverlässigkeit gemäß der Auslegung für den Schädigungsmechanismus Ermüdung durch ein Wöhlerlinienmodell berechnet. Damit werden ermüdungssensible Komponenten der Struktur identifiziert. Schädigungsindikatoren zur Überwachung der Ermüdungsfestigkeit werden auf Grundlage schädigungs-äquivalenter Dehnungen vorgestellt. Fatigue assessment of support structures for offshore wind energy converters. The structure of wind energy converters secures a reliable energy production. Hence an adequate reliability of the structure and additionally permanent assessment and maintenance is required. Within this paper methods for the assessment of the important damage mechanism fatigue in combination with monitoring of the fatigue reliability utilizing damage indicators are proposed. These methods comprise structural system, material degradation and probabilistic models as well as monitoring data of an offshore wind energy converter prototype. The structural reliability of the structure as designed is calculated based on an overall dynamic analysis using a SN-approach. Herewith fatigue sensitive components are identified. Damage indicators for monitoring the fatigue reliability based on damage equivalent strains are presented. KW - Bewertung KW - Offshore-Windenergie KW - Ermüdung KW - Strukturspannungskonzept KW - Zuverlässigkeit KW - Schadensindikatoren KW - Integrated Monitoring System KW - Damage Identification KW - Load Monitoring KW - Wind turbines PY - 2008 DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/stab.200810076 SN - 0038-9145 SN - 1437-1049 SN - 0932-6375 VL - 77 IS - 9 SP - 630 EP - 638 PB - Ernst CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-17977 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - Rohrmann, Rolf A1 - Rücker, Werner A1 - Thöns, Sebastian A1 - Said, Samir A1 - Schmid, Wolfgang T1 - Ergebnisse der Dauerüberwachung an einem Prototypen von Offshore-Windenergieanlagen T2 - 3. VDI-Fachtagung - Baudynamik CY - Kassel, Deutschland DA - 2009-05-14 KW - Integrated Monitoring System KW - Offshore wind turbines KW - Assessment KW - Damage identification KW - Load monitoring PY - 2009 SN - 978-3-18-092063-4 SN - 0083-5560 VL - 2063 SP - 455 EP - 466 PB - VDI-Verl. CY - Düsseldorf AN - OPUS4-19795 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Rohrmann, Rolf A1 - Rücker, Werner A1 - Thöns, Sebastian T1 - Integrated Monitoring Systems for Offshore Wind Turbines T2 - 6th International Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring CY - Stanford, USA DA - 2007-09-11 KW - Integrated Monitoring System KW - Damage Identification KW - Load Monitoring KW - Wind turbines PY - 2007 SP - 1 EP - 8 AN - OPUS4-16280 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Rücker, Werner A1 - Thöns, Sebastian A1 - Said, Samir A1 - Schmid, Wolfgang ED - Zingoni, A. T1 - SHM strategies, application and measurements on tripod offshore wind energy converters within the German offshore park Alpha Ventus N2 - Prototypes of wind turbines of the megawatt dass are to be built and tested until 2008 within a German offshore wind energy test field in the North Sea (ALPHA VENTUS). To ensure a high operational reliability of offshore wind turbines with economically acceptable repair and maintenance efforts, comprehensive diagnosis and supervision concepts are required. Automatic monitoring Systems will be an essential part of such concepts. Because of the fact, that during Operation there will be static and dynamic interaction between the components ‘structure’, ‘machinery’ and ‘blades’ it is necessary to develop the monitoring techniques in an overall concept. These monitoring Systems are supposed to be applied for the design and testing as well as for the Operation and maintenance phases. In the paper the developed approaches for the measurement of actions and the condition monitoring of all components of an offshore wind energy plant will be shown. T2 - Research and applications in structural engineering, mechanics and computation - 5th International conference on structural engineering, mechanics and computation CY - Cape Town, South Africa DA - 02.09.2013 PY - 2013 SN - 978-1-138-00061-2 SN - 978-1-315-85078-8 SP - 977 EP - 982 PB - CRC Press AN - OPUS4-29104 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Hu, Wei-Hua A1 - Thöns, Sebastian A1 - Rohrmann, Rolf A1 - Said, Samir A1 - Rücker, Werner T1 - Vibration-based structural health monitoring of a wind turbine system. Part II: Environmental/operational effects on dynamic properties N2 - The second part of these companion papers mainly researches environmental/operational influences on structural dynamic properties under normal operational conditions during two years, in order to extract a statistical based damage-sensitive indicator for health monitoring of a wind turbine system. The correlation analyses between experimental identified frequencies, damping values as well as mode shapes and environmental/operational factors such as rotation speed of blades, wind speed, pitch angle, temperature and nacelle direction are presented. It is observed that the frequency estimates are influenced by the nacelle position, the activation of rotor, the rotation speed of blades and the wind speed as well as the temperature. Regarding to the damping estimates, they are mainly associated with variation of the aerodynamic damping due to the increasing wind speed. Besides, the resonance phenomenon is also observed in higher modes. The harmonic frequencies due to blades passing by tower are found and the corresponding damping value decreases. Moreover, the mode shapes in some modes are strongly affected by the position of the nacelle. Subsequently, two types of simulated damage including the reduction of stiffness in both the rotor blade and the tubular tower are successfully detected by applying the Principal Component Analysis (PCA) based methods to these temperature-sensitive frequency estimates. Comparison of change of the extracted health features indicates that they are more sensitive with the tower damage. KW - Vibration KW - Structural health monitoring KW - Wind turbine KW - Environmental/operational effects KW - Modal properties KW - Principal Component Analysis KW - Novelty analysis KW - Damage detection KW - Sommerfeld effect KW - Automated operational modal analysis KW - Resonance PY - 2015 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2014.12.035 SN - 0141-0296 VL - 89 SP - 273 EP - 290 PB - Elsevier Ltd. CY - Oxford AN - OPUS4-32879 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Hu, Wei-Hua A1 - Thöns, Sebastian A1 - Rohrmann, Rolf A1 - Said, Samir A1 - Rücker, Werner T1 - Vibration-based structural health monitoring of a wind turbine system. Part I: Resonance phenomenon N2 - This paper is focused on a resonance phenomenon of a wind turbine system in 5 MW class, on the basis of dynamic signals acquired continuously from the tubular tower under normal operational conditions during two years. Firstly, technique specifications of the wind turbine system are introduced and a finite element model is developed to characterize the structural dynamic properties. The following part describes the continuous dynamic monitoring system integrated with an automated operational modal analysis procedure using the poly-reference Least Squares Complex Frequency domain (p-LSCF) method. Subsequently, variations and mutual relationships of environmental/operational factors such as vibration amplitude, temperature, wind speed, rotation speed of blades, pitch angle and nacelle direction are also presented. Finally, significant resonance is observed due to the fundamental frequency of the tower matching with the harmonic frequency induced by the rotation of three blades. As the rotation speed of rotor approaches to 8 rpm, the vibration amplitude of the tower increases significantly and the corresponding damping value decreases. With the further rising wind velocity, the rotation speed of blades stops increasing and the input energy just contribute to accumulate the vibration amplitude of tower. Such observation indicates the Sommerfeld effect that aggravates the resonance phenomenon. A vibration control device is necessary to minimize the excessive structural responses. A companion paper will further discuss the environmental/operational effects on dynamic properties of the wind turbine system under the operational conditions. KW - Vibration KW - Structural health monitoring KW - Wind turbine KW - Automated operational modal analysis KW - Resonance KW - Sommerfeld effect PY - 2015 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2014.12.034 SN - 0141-0296 VL - 89 SP - 260 EP - 272 PB - Elsevier Ltd. CY - Oxford AN - OPUS4-32878 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Rohrmann, Rolf A1 - Rücker, Werner A1 - Thöns, Sebastian A1 - Said, Samir T1 - Design and operation of integrated monitoring systems for offshore wind turbines N2 - To ensure a high operational reliability of future generations of offshore wind conversion systems (OWEC) with economically acceptable repair and maintenance efforts, comprehensive diagnosis and supervision concepts are required. Automatic monitoring systems will be an essential part of such concepts. Because of the fact, that during operation there will be static and dynamic interaction between the components 'structure', 'machinery' and 'blades' it is necessary to develop the monitoring techniques in an overall concept. These monitoring systems are supposed to be applied for the design and testing as well as for the operation and maintenance phases. The used methods are focused on the design requirements for the structure, which are stated in the respective standards and certification guidelines. For the validation of the design, methods are specified which would be also applicable for SHM in the operating condition, e.g. for the evaluation of the structural conditon possibly after the occurrence of damages or changes. The further task consists in the realization of condition monitoring for all components, aiming at early damage detection and the observation of the damage development and its evaluation. Here the task consists of determining with assessment procedures the optimum time for maintenance actions to be carried out. T2 - DEWEK 2008 - 9th German wind energy conference CY - Bremen, Germany DA - 2008-11-26 KW - Integrated monitoring system KW - Offshore wind turbines KW - Assessment KW - Damage identification KW - Load monitoring PY - 2008 SP - 1 EP - 4(?) AN - OPUS4-19872 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Schneider, Ronald A1 - Thöns, Sebastian A1 - Rücker, Werner A1 - Straub, D. ED - Deodatis, G. ED - Ellingwood, B.R. ED - Frangopol, D.M. T1 - Effect of different inspections strategies on the reliability of Daniels systems subjected to fatigue N2 - Inspections are an efficient means of enhancing the reliability of redundant structural Systems subjected to fatigue. To investigate the effect of such inspections, we represent the deterioration state of a Daniels System by means of a probabilistic fatigue crack growth model of all elements, which considers stochastic dependence among element fatigue behavior. We include inspection results in the calculation of the System collapse probability through Bayesian updating of the System deterioration state. Based on this approach, we calculate the collapse probability of a deteriorating Daniels System conditional on different inspection strategies in terms of inspection coverage and inspection times. The acceptability of an inspection strategy is verified by comparing the calculated collapse probabilities with maximum acceptable System failure probabilities. This study is a Step towards identifying optimal inspection strategies for redundant structural Systems subjected to fatigue. T2 - 11th International conference on structural safety and reliability - Safety, reliability, risk and life-cycle performance of structures and infrastructures CY - New York, USA DA - 16.06.2013 PY - 2013 SN - 978-1-138-00086-5 SN - 978-1-315-88488-2 SP - 1 EP - 8 PB - CRC Press CY - Leiden, The Netherlands AN - OPUS4-28984 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Hu, Wei-Hua A1 - Thöns, Sebastian A1 - Said, Samir A1 - Rücker, Werner ED - Cunha, A. ED - Caetano, E. ED - Ribeiro, P. ED - Müller, G. T1 - Resonance phenomenon in a wind turbine system under operational conditions N2 - A prototype of wind turbines in 5 megawatt dass was built and tested at the first German offshore wind energy test fteld in the North Sea. In order to investigate dynamic behaviors under a complex state of loads, a continuous dynamic monitoring System was implemented by Federal Institute for Material Research and Testing (BAM). It recorded structural responses and environmental/operational variables from November 2007 to October 2009. This paper presents significant resonance phenomenon due to the interaction in the tower-nacelle System under operational conditions. Modal parameters are automatically estimated by the poly reference Least Square Complex Frequency domain (p-LSCF) method. Campbell plot demonstrates that a three-blade passage frequency and its multiples f3n match with the natural frequencies of the wind turbine System in several modal Orders. The damping estimates decrease and the Vibration amplitude increase significantly. A control System is necessary to minimize the excessive vibrations. T2 - EURODYN 2014 - 9th International conference on structural dynamics CY - Porto, Portugal DA - 30.06.2014 KW - Wind turbine KW - Tower-nacelle system KW - Resonance KW - Continuous dynamic monitoring KW - Automated operational modal analysis PY - 2014 SN - 978-972-752-165-4 SN - 2311-9020 SP - 3619 EP - 3626 AN - OPUS4-32970 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Rohrmann, Rolf A1 - Said, Samir A1 - Schmid, Wolfgang A1 - Thöns, Sebastian A1 - Bicker, S. A1 - Rücker, Werner ED - De Roeck, G. ED - Degrande, G. ED - Lombaert, G. ED - Müller, G. T1 - Results from monitoring and assessment of offshore wind turbines N2 - To ensure a high operational reliability of offshore wind turbines (OWEC) with economically acceptable repair and maintenance efforts, comprehensive diagnosis and supervision concepts are required. Automatic monitoring Systems will be an essential part of such concepts. Because of the fact, that during Operation there will be static and dynamic interaction between the components ‘structure’, ‘machinery’ and ‘blades’ it is necessary to develop the monitoring techniques in an overall concept. These monitoring Systems are supposed to be applied for the design and testing as well as for the Operation and maintenance phases. The knowledge of the dynamic behavior of wind turbines is important both for the design and for a safe Operation. The available monitoring data from a period of three years, allow first conclusions on the long-term Operation of such Systems in terms of quality requirements to the instrumentation to the structure and the rotor blades T2 - EURODYN 2011 - 8th International conference on structural dynamics CY - Leuven, Belgium DA - 04.07.2011 KW - Integrated monitoring system KW - Offshore wind turbines KW - Structural assessment KW - Limit values KW - Measurement hardware KW - Data management KW - Embedded FBG sensors KW - Data analysis KW - Damage detection KW - Rotor blades PY - 2011 SN - 978-90-760-1931-4 IS - MS25 SP - 3450 EP - 3456 AN - OPUS4-24293 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Rücker, Werner A1 - Rohrmann, Rolf T1 - Assessment and Damage Detection for Offshore Wind Turbines and Infrastructures T2 - IRIS - Current Praxis Workshop CY - Thessaloniki, Greece DA - 2009-03-30 PY - 2009 AN - OPUS4-20663 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Rücker, Werner T1 - Offshore Anlagenmonitoring, Fernüberwachung, Zustandsanalyse und Schadensfrüherkennung T2 - VDI Fachkonferenz Offshore Windenergieanlagen CY - Bremerhaven, Germany DA - 2010-10-26 PY - 2010 AN - OPUS4-22410 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -