Research on the influence of hollow ratio on protection device of offshore wind turbine
LIU Kunpeng
MIAO Weipao
WANG Yujin
LI Chun
YUE Xinzhi
Abstract：Due to the needs of transportation,installation,grid connection,and maintenance,the construction of offshore wind farms in inshore areas often cannot be far from busy surrounding waterways,which significantly increases the probability of offshore wind turbines being impacted by ships.To analyze the performance and damage of different hollow ratios of protective devices when offshore wind turbines are hit by ships,the collision process of a 5000-ton bow-downward ship with an offshore wind turbine at a speed of 2.0 m/s was simulated using Ansys/Ls-Dyna.The influence of the hollow ratio on the anti-collision performance of Ogden rubber,Mooney-Rivlin rubber and Aluminum foam aluminum constitutive protective devices was studied and compared.The results show that with the increase of hollow ratio,the impact duration of aluminum foam protective devices increases,and the contact force decreases accordingly,while rubber materials show the opposite trend.As the hollow ratio decreases,the protective device is more similar to a solid tube,with a relatively smaller maximum indentation depth.Under the influence of hyperelastic properties,the indentation depth of rubber materials is smaller than that of aluminum foam after the collision is completed,and the material damage of the protective device is smaller.However,the proportion of internal energy in the support area gradually increases,so the influence of hollow ratio on the leg support needs to be considered in the design and research of protective devices.
Keywords：Offshore wind turbineHollow ratioCollisionCrashworthiness
Publication Date：2025-08-15
Online Publishing Date：2026-09-12(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：8( 11-18 )