Monopile turbines are not the first structures to suffer from the effects of horseshoe vortices. The problem has long presented a significant cost and risk to bridge builders as the turbulence removes riverbed from around piers and abutments, as well as offshore oil platforms.
A torrent of troubles when water hits offshore turbine
As ocean current travels shoreward towards a wind turbine it “hits a wall” as it shapes itself to slip around the monopile.
9 February 2012 13:16 GMT
Updated
26 November 2012 5:58 GMT
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