{"id":159630,"date":"2024-09-26T09:23:09","date_gmt":"2024-09-26T07:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eurecat.org\/?post_type=avada_portfolio&p=159630"},"modified":"2026-02-17T15:29:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T14:29:41","slug":"duralink","status":"publish","type":"avada_portfolio","link":"https:\/\/eurecat.org\/es\/portfolio-items\/duralink\/","title":{"rendered":"DURALINK"},"content":{"rendered":"
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DURALINK in short<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Optimizing steel welds and corrosion protection to improve the durability and cost-efficiency of offshore wind turbines<\/b><\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div>
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ABOUT THE PROJECT<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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The DURALINK<\/strong> project identifies optimisation design opportunities for offshore structures<\/strong> that lead to a reduction of the capital and operational expenditures of offshore extra-large wind turbines<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

To do so, DURALINK will evaluate existing and improved steel-grade welds, corrosion-fatigue analysis with cathodic protection at different potentials<\/strong> and develop predictive models of mechanical degradation<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, high strength steels composition will be optimised to lower hydrogen embrittlement susceptibility improving the security of chains for offshore wind turbines.<\/p>\n

DURALINK proposes a novel concept for protection of support structures<\/strong>. For this, it will develop novel thermal sprayed coatings for protection of substructure against marine corrosion able to be deposited by High Velocity Wire Arc Spray. The corrosion performance and enhanced behavior of the coated steels under fatigue, corrosion-fatigue and tribocorrosion conditions will also be evaluated.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

Key Data<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>