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Fatigue Model for the Structural Integrity Evaluation Applied to a Wind Turbine Concrete Shaft, Considering Corrosion and Freeze and Thaw Degradation

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Fatigue is one of the principal damage mechanisms in a slender concrete structure under cyclic loads. And needs to be calculated locally through all the structure, considering the lading conditions and the particularities of concrete. The model presented here is capable to account for the fatigue damage in a probabilistic way, relating the annual loading conditions for each point and the degradation processes with a probability of failure. The methodology is as well capable to model the effect of a repair and control the structural integrity using the monitored data.

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  1. Institute Eduardo Torroja for Construction Sciences-CSIC, Serrano Galvache, 4, 28033, Madrid, Spain

    Luis Saucedo-Mora

  2. Department of Materials Parks Road, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3PH, UK

    Luis Saucedo-Mora

  3. Technical University of Denmark, Building 118, 2800, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark

    Sebastian Thöns

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  1. Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands

    D.A. Hordijk

  2. Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands

    M. Luković

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Saucedo-Mora, L., Thöns, S. (2018). Fatigue Model for the Structural Integrity Evaluation Applied to a Wind Turbine Concrete Shaft, Considering Corrosion and Freeze and Thaw Degradation. In: Hordijk, D., Luković, M. (eds) High Tech Concrete: Where Technology and Engineering Meet. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59471-2_245

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