Wind turbines are a growing aspect of our renewable energy infrastructure. The design and placement of wind turbine support structures must accommodate various conditions. These include the location, terrain, wind, and wave forces for a range of installations either on land or at sea. By combining advanced 3D structural design and modeling with finite element stress, you can optimize all aspects of wind turbine structure platform engineering and design. You can also apply additional analyses for pile structure and fatigue conditions.
Wind turbine support structures are engineered to meet local installation and field demands whether located at sea or on land. The interactions and loading between foundations, local terrain, supporting structure, and the actual wind turbine demand an integrated approach to structure design and analysis.
Using Bentley's Wind Turbine Structure Design and Analysis solution, you are able to model, analyze, and validate to established design codes, all aspects of the wind turbine support structure. Integrated wind and gravity loading tools combined with load case development increases wind turbine structure design and engineering integrity. You can then dynamically analyze the resulting wind turbine structures in response to wave or seismic loading.