Research Article

Monopile Foundation Stiffness Estimation of an Instrumented Offshore Wind Turbine through Model Updating

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Tower dominated mode shapes from 09:00-09:10 29/08/2017. Modal analysis identified mode shapes normalised using either “real” or “complex” normalisation. Numerical mode shapes generated from the “optimised” foundation model simulation with a rigid-rotor-nacelle assembly. (a) 1st FA : FA vs. SS. (b) 1st FA : FA vs. z. (c) 1st SS : FA vs. SS. (d) 1st SS : SS vs. z. (e) 2nd FA : FA vs. SS. (f) 2nd FA : FA vs. z. (g) 2nd SS : FA vs. SS. (h) 2nd SS : SS vs. z. (i) 3rd FA : FA vs. SS. (j) 3rd FA : FA vs. z. (k) 3rd SS : FA vs. SS. (l) 3rd SS : SS vs. z.