Proceedings of the Korean Geotechical Society Conference (한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집)

Korean Geotechnical Society (한국지반공학회)
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Trend in suction bucket foundation for offshore wind turbine

해상풍력발전설비를 위한 버켓기초의 기술동향 및 기술개발 방향

  • Youn, Hee-Jung (Department of Civil Engineering, Hongik University) ;
  • Jang, In-Sung (Coastal Engineering & Ocean Energy Research Department, KORDI) ;
  • Oh, Myoung-Hak (Coastal Engineering & Ocean Energy Research Department, KORDI) ;
  • Kwon, O-Soon (Coastal Engineering & Ocean Energy Research Department, KORDI) ;
  • Jung, Sung-Jun (Coastal Engineering & Ocean Energy Research Department, KORDI)
  • Published : 2010.09.09
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Abstract

This paper reviews research trend in suction bucket foundation. Wind energy farm has been considered as an efficient alternative to fuel energy as world markets attempt to discover renewable resources. Recently, Korean government initiated the research projects investigating installation method of offshore wind energy foundation and design guideline as well as verifying feasibility of offshore wind farm. In fact, the installation of monopile and gravity type foundation has been sucessfully carried out in European and other advanced countries, and design guideline of those foundations are well established; however, various types of foundation would be necessary in the near future as offshore wind farm demands abundant wind resources in deep sea. In this paper, bucket foundation is spot lighted as a powerful and economic alternative applicable to deep sea condition.

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