@inproceedings{8250d93d44a64896b0cb7712d8b4b341,
title = "Loads on Wind Turbines Access Platforms with Gratings",
abstract = "The present paper deals with loads on wind turbine access platforms. The many planned new wind turbine parks together with the observed damages on platforms in several existing parks make the topic very important. The paper gives an overview of recently developed design formulae for different types of entrance platforms. Moreover, the paper present new results on loads on grates based on both drag coefficient measurements and preliminary results on slamming from large scale tests. As expected both investigations show that platforms with grates give a significant reduction in the loads compared to closed plate platforms. The grate multiplication factor, defined as the peak load on the grate platform relative to the peak load on a closed plate platform was found approximately equal to the solidity of the grate.",
keywords = "Horns Reef, Loads, Wave Loads, Wind Turbine, Wind Turbine Farms, Horns Reef, Loads, Wave Loads, Wind Turbine, Wind Turbine Farms",
author = "Andersen, {Thomas Lykke} and Peter Frigaard and Rasmussen, {Michael R.} and Luca Martinelli",
note = "Paper No. 226. Published at http://journals.tdl.org/ICCE/issue/view/154; 32nd International Conference on Coastal Engineering ICCE 2010 ; Conference date: 30-06-2010 Through 05-07-2010",
year = "2011",
language = "English",
series = "Proceedings of the International Conference on Coastal Engineering",
publisher = "Coastal Engineering Research Council",
number = "32",
editor = "Smith, {Jane McKee} and Patrick Lynett",
booktitle = "Coastal Engineering 2010",
}