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Foundation Design
Foundation Design
26-10-2021
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Foundation
The foundation’s only task is to ensure the stability for the wind turbine, and to do so over its
life-time. This is done by transferring and spreading the loads acting on the foundation to the
ground
Source Type of load
Dead load from tower, Vertical downward
nacelle & rotor
Wind Bending & little vertical load
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Limit states
The structure’s state of stress must be kept below the limit state in order to continue the
intended use of it.
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Foundation over plates
M is the bending moment acting at the q is the bearing capacity for the plate
bottom of the structure c is the cohesion
V is the vertical load on the structure q is the surrounding load at the foundation
including the weight of the construction level
B is the diameter of the construction γ ' is the effective bulk density of the soil
Rest all are correction factors
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Effective foundation area
In eccentrically loaded foundations, where bending moment acts in one plane only, the
analysis assumes a uniform distribution of contact stress ‘σ’ applied only over a portion of the
foundation l1, which is less by twice the eccentricity ‘e’ compared to the total length l.
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