Research Article
Dynamic Characteristics of an Offshore Wind Turbine with Tripod Suction Buckets via Full-Scale Testing
Table 4
Soil properties for case studies and natural frequencies (NF) predicted via the integrated simulation framework.
| | Case number | Young’s modulus (kPa) | Natural frequency (Hz) (error w.r.t. measurement %) | | Sand (upper layer) | Clay | Sand (lower layer) | Flexibility matrix | | |
| | 1 | 17700 | 18300 | 53300 | 4.30 (30.3) | 3.77 (14.2) | | 2 | 16100 | 15000 | 48500 | 4.21 (27.6) | 3.71 (12.4) | | 3 | 8700 | 9300 | 48500 | 3.98 (20.6) | 3.40 (3.03) | | 4 | 8700 | 9300 | 26100 | 3.57 (8.18) | 3.24 (1.82) |
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