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US 2012/0000158 A1Published application
Wind turbine tower
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorChristian Laursen
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Abstract
A wind turbine tower which includes a number of sections, connected by bolted joints is disclosed. A bolted joint includes at least one connection of the bearing type and at least one connection of the slip resistant at serviceability type. In one aspect, the bearing type connection includes at least one non prestressed bolt and/or the connection of the slip resistant at serviceability type includes at least one prestressed bolt.
Claims20
A wind turbine tower comprising:
- a plurality of sections, connected by bolted joints,
- a bolted joint comprises at least one bearing type connection and at least one slip resistant at serviceability type connection.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.