Offshore wind turbines operate in one of the most aggressive engineered environments on Earth. Unlike onshore structures dominated primarily by mechanical fatigue, offshore turbines face a persistent electrochemical attack that fundamentally alters how fatigue damage accumulates. Corrosion and fatigue are not independent degradation modes; they are coupled processes that interact at the microstructural level and accelerate structural aging in ways that classical design models often underestimate. As offshore wind farms move into deeper waters, adopt larger monopiles, and target 25–35 . . .
https://www.wind-watch.org/documents/corrosion-fatigue-coupling-in-offshore-wind-turbines-the-silent-driver-of-structural-risk/
