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Review of Research on Ice Interaction with Offshore Wind Turbines in Ice-Covered Areas

Authors
Wenbo Dong1, Fang Li2, *, Zhenru Reng2, Yufei Zhang1
1School of Ocean & Civil Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
2State Key Laboratory of Ocean Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
*Corresponding author. Email: fang.li@sjtu.edu.cn
Corresponding Author
Fang Li
Available Online 16 December 2025.
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6463-902-5_35How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Sea ice; Offshore wind turbine; Green power; Ice-breaking
Abstract

Sea ice imposes additional loads on offshore wind turbines (OWTs), where extreme ice loads may lead to structural overturning, and cyclic ice loads can cause resonance and result in fatigue accumulation. A substantial amount of research has been carried out on the ice interaction with OWT support structures, leading to notable advancements and discoveries. However, due to the complexity and challenges of this issue, many ice mechanical problems remain to be resolved. Therefore, this paper reviews the research progress on various failure modes of sea ice and the prediction methods for ice loads on offshore wind turbine support structures. Various ice failure modes and their implications for offshore wind turbines (OWTs) are reviewed, and the state-of-the-art numerical approaches for simulating ice loads, including DEM, FEM, and hybrid methods, are critically assessed with respect to their advantages and limitations. The findings provide a valuable reference for predicting ice loads on wind turbines in ice-covered areas and for related studies.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2025 7th International Conference on Civil Engineering, Environment Resources and Energy Materials (CCESEM 2025)
Series
Advances in Engineering Research
Publication Date
16 December 2025
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978-94-6463-902-5
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2352-5401
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6463-902-5_35How to use a DOI?
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© 2025 The Author(s)
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Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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