Fatigue Life Evaluation of Wind Turbine Tower Based on Measured Data

<table class="table-group" id="tab7"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left"></td><td class="align_center">Hourly mean damage</td><td class="align_center">Hourly maximum damage</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Annual total damage</td><td class="align_center">1.88E-03</td><td class="align_center">3.16E-03</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Fatigue life (years)</td><td class="align_center">266</td><td class="align_center">158</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Fatigue damage results of flange weld.</div>

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Table 7: Fatigue Life Evaluation of Wind Turbine Tower Based on Measured Data 