Research Article

An Accurate Estimation of the Eigenfrequency of an Offshore Wind Turbine Considered as the Stepped Euler-Bernoulli Beam in Three-Spring Flexible Foundation Using the Power Series Method

Table 2

Characteristics of the ZJU-P offshore wind turbine.

Wind parametersSymbolsUnitsZJU-P ()

(1) Rotor-nacelle assembly massTon218.28
(2) Total height of wind turbinem106.67
(3) Tower bottom diameterm3.16
(4) Tower top diameterm5.5
(5) Tower Young’s modulusGPa210
(6) First part heightm28
(7) Tower wall thicknessmm75
(8) Monopile diameterm5.5
(9) Monopile wall thicknessmm75
(10) Monopile Young’s modulusGPa210
(11) Lateral stiffness of foundationGN/m0.206
(12) Cross-stiffness of foundationGN−3.08
(13) Rotational stiffness of foundationGNm/rad83.3