Modeling the Influence of Soil-Structure-Interaction on Seismic Response of Jacket Substructure for the DTU 10MW Offshore Wind Turbine

Abstract

This paper is intended to study the influence of soil–structure interaction on the seismic response of jacket substructure for the Technical University of Denmark 10-MW reference wind turbine on the west coast of Taiwan. Since Taiwan is located in the circum-Pacific seismic belt, there is significant interest in assessing the behavior of a wind turbine subjected to seismic loading. Based on the flexible volume method, a finite element model was employed to quantify the contribution of foundation damping to overall damping of offshore wind turbines. The results show that foundation damping was estimated to contribute 1.28%–1.50% of critical damping to total offshore wind turbine damping. The soil–structure interaction effects have significant influence on seismic responses.