Design and analysis of foundation for onshore tall wind turbines (KENM0009)

Design and analysis of foundation for onshore tall wind turbines

Table Of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction

1.1 World energy situation

1.2 Energy situation in the United States

1.3 Need of renewable energy

1.4 Scope of wind energy

1.5 Purpose of this study

1.6 Thesis organization

Chapter 2 Literature Review

2.1 Wind power background

2.2 Principle of electricity production by wind turbine

2.3 Wind farm

2.3.1 Offshore wind farm

2.3.2 Onshore wind farm

Chapter 3 Assessment of design paramenters and problem definition

3.1 Problem definition

3.2 Design load calculation

3.2.1 Dead load

3.2.2 Wind load

3.3 Soil properties

Chapter 4 Geotechnical Design Of Raft Foundation For Tall Wind Tubine

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Design of raft foundation for bearing capacity

4.3 Design of raft foundation for total and differential settlements

4.4 Summary of the design outcomes

4.5 Parametric study

Chapter 5 Geotechnical Design And Analysis Of Pile Group For Tall Wind Turbine

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Design of a pile group for axial, bending moment and lateral capacity

5.3 Design of the pile group for total and differential settlements

5.4 Summary of the design outcomes

5.5 Numerical modeling

5.5.1 Software

5.5.2 Generation of numerical model

5.5.3 Results and discussions

5.6 Comparison and discussion of results from analytical and numerical methods

Chapter 6 Geotechnical design and analysis of piled-raft for tall wind turbine

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Geotechnical design of piled-raft for axial load, bending moment and lateral load

6.3 Design of the pile group for total and differential settlements

6.4 Summary of the design outcomes

6.5 Numerical modeling

6.5.1 Software

6.5.2 Generation and analysis procedure of numerical model

6.5.3 Results and discussions

6.6 Comparison and discussions of results from analytical and numerical methods

6.7 Parametric study

Chapter 7 Comparison and selection of foundation

7.1 Introduction

7.2 Comparison of foundations

7.3 Selection of foundation

Chapter 8 Conclusions and recommendations

8.1 Conclusions

8.2 Recommendations and future work

Design and analysis of foundation for onshore tall wind turbines