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A Digital Twin for Assessing the Remaining Useful Life of Offshore Wind Turbine Structures

Publicated to: Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 12 (4): 573- - 2024-04-01 12(4), DOI: 10.3390/jmse12040573

Authors:

Pacheco-Blazquez, Rafael; Garcia-Espinosa, Julio; Di Capua, Daniel; Sanchez, Andres Pastor
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Affiliations

Int Ctr Numer Methods Engn CIMNE, Gran Capitan S-N, Barcelona 08034, Spain - Author
Polytech Univ Catalonia UPC, Dept Naut Sci & Engn CEN, Barcelona 08003, Spain - Author
Univ Politecn Madrid UPM, Escuela Tecn Super Ingn Navales, Madrid 28040, Spain - Author
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Abstract

This paper delves into the application of digital twin monitoring techniques for enhancing offshore floating wind turbine performance, with a detailed case study that uses open-source digital twin software. We explore the practical implementation of digital twins and their efficacy in optimizing operations and predictive maintenance, focusing on controlling the real-time structural state of composite wind turbine structures and forecasting the remaining useful life by tracking the fatigue state in the structure. Our findings emphasize digital twins' potential as a valuable tool for renewable energy, driving efficiency and sustainability in offshore floating wind installations. These aspects, along with the aforementioned simulations, whether in real-time or forecasted, reduce costly and unnecessary inspections and scheduled maintenance.
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Keywords

CompositeDigital twinIndustry 4.0Marine structureOffshoreWind turbine

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Journal of Marine Science and Engineering due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2024 there are still no calculated indicators, but in 2023, it was in position 7/25, thus managing to position itself as a Q2 (Segundo Cuartil), in the category Engineering, Marine. Notably, the journal is positioned en el Cuartil Q2 para la agencia Scopus (SJR) en la categoría Ocean Engineering.

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2026-04-24:

  • WoS: 17
  • Scopus: 20
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Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2026-04-24:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 81.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 77 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 1.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 2 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
  • Assignment of a Handle/URN as an identifier within the deposit in the Institutional Repository: https://oa.upm.es/89910/

As a result of the publication of the work in the institutional repository, statistical usage data has been obtained that reflects its impact. In terms of dissemination, we can state that, as of

  • Views: 102
  • Downloads: 79
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Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: Last Author (PASTOR SÁNCHEZ, ANDRÉS).

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Awards linked to the item

During the preparation of this work, the author(s) used ChatGPT 3.5 to improve the language and readability. After using this tool/service, the author(s) reviewed and edited the content as needed; the authors take full responsibility for the content of this publication.
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