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Multi-hazard coupling is a vital issue for the performance evaluating of offshore wind turbine (OWTs), whose servicing period may encounter wind, wave, earthquake, and thrust force caused by the operating scenarios. However, due to the uncertainty of earthquake in occurrence, it is a challenging topic to determine the multi-hazard coupling of OWT as the initialized time of earthquake (ITOE) is fully stochastic. This paper proposed a comprehensive multi-hazard combination method for the coupling action of wind-wave-earthquake excitations, emphasizing the randomness of the initialized time of earthquake loads in operating loads. Subsequently, an accurate three-dimensional finite element model of 5-MW OWT is established. Then, cloud-based fragility analysis of OWTs in parked and operating conditions is conducted through extensive nonlinear time-history analysis of the combining loads of winds, waves, and earthquakes. The distinction between pulse-like and non-pulse-like earthquakes is made using a pulse identification and extraction technique. The results indicate that the thrust force during the operation increases the vulnerability of OWTs compared to the parked state. Additionally, the thrust force predominantly acts in the fore-aft direction, making this orientation more susceptible to failure than the side-to-side direction at the ultimate limit state. Furthermore, the analysis confirms that the pulse-type earthquakes result in a higher probability of damage compared to the non-pulse records, for both parked and operating scenarios. © 2024 Elsevier Ltd
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Thin-Walled Structures
ISSN: 0263-8231
Year: 2025
Volume: 208
6 . 4 0 0
JCR@2022
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