Device for reducing ice loads on a post foundation for an offshore wind turbine

摘要

The device has a cone-shaped strut structure (14) attached to a pile foundation i.e. mast (10), and partially immersed in a water line (12), where a part of the strut structure located above the water line exhibits a different diameter than another part of the strut structure located below the water line. The strut structure includes longitudinal struts (16), which are connected to the pile foundation and extend over entire height of the strut structure. The longitudinal struts exhibit angular distance of less than 23 degree along a periphery of the strut structure.