Adhesive bonding of secondary steel components for offshore wind turbines

Abstract Offshore wind turbines consist of the main components tower, nacelle and rotor blades. Additionally, numerous secondary are connected to primary structure. These include amongst others boat landings, platforms, cable protection tubes corrosion systems. Usually, these elements structure by welding or bolts. Both joining techniques reduce fatigue performance inducing geometric and/or metallurgical notches. In contrast, fastening adhesive bonding, no notches induced in Furthermore, bonding can be carried out directly on coating. contrast welded bolted joints, adhesively bonded joints require a differing geometry that allows large areas. This paper highlights results experimental investigations regarding load bearing behaviour under combination lateral bending varying different geometrical parameters.