Structural design

Adapter for rotor mounting

Laying the foundations for transporting rotors to offshore parks

Facts and figures

Client:
REpower Systems AG, Hamburg
Object:
Adapter for transporting rotors for offshore parks
Design:
REpower Systems AG, Hamburg
Services:
Structural design
Structural design
Special features:
  • Development of safe transportation solutions for rotors to offshore parks (early 2000s)
  • Pre-assembly of the rotor in port, securing on an adapter during the crossing
  • Calculation of the adapter using a spatial FEM simulation
  • Consideration of the different wind forces and dynamic loads from the swell
  • Structural testing of various ship superstructures and ensuring compliance with the guidelines of GL (Germanischer Lloyd) and DNV (Det Norske Veritas)