Development of heavy steel plate for Mayflower Resolution,special purpose vessel for erection of offshore wind towers

Abstract

Special problems necessitate special solutions! Installation vessels for the erection of offshore wind towers are subject to extremely demanding design and structural specifications. Such projects are made possible only by the use of high strength, fine grained structural steels possessing good toughness properties even at extremely low temperatures; in addition, such steels must also offer good workability. Such steel plate material exhibits mechanical properties greatly superior to those possessed by conventional shipbuilding plate. This article focuses on the material for such an installation vessel and the underlying steel development work performed at AG der Dillinger Hüttenwerke.

Keywords

STRUCTURAL STEEL HIGH STRENGTH FINE GRAINED SPECIAL WORK VESSEL

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