Adaptation for practitioners

Abstract

An important attribute of the recently developed REDWIN foundation models – developed to be used for integrated analyses of offshore wind turbines (OWTs) – is that they are flexible in how their input can be obtained. Presented in this report are several possible ways to obtain such input, ranging from very simple procedures requiring only a minimum of basic soil input parameters, to more sophisticated nonlinear FEA that requires detailed site investigations and corresponding laboratory testing. Because many of these methods are standard procedures commonly used in OWT foundation design, they facilitate the adaptation of the REDWIN model by practitioners in all phases of actual engineering projects.