Improved reliability of wind turbine towers with active tuned mass dampers (ATMDs)
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jsv.2017.12.026
Abstract: Abstract Modern multi-megawatt wind turbines are composed of slender, flexible, and lightly damped blades and towers. These components exhibit high susceptibility to wind-induced vibrations. As the size, flexibility and cost of the towers have increased… read more here.
Keywords: turbine towers; wind; active tuned; reliability ... See more keywords
Dynamic analysis of offshore steel wind turbine towers subjected to wind, wave and current loading during construction
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DOI: 10.1016/j.oceaneng.2020.108084
Abstract: Abstract In the present paper the dynamic response of tall offshore monopile steel wind turbine towers under wind, wave and current during the erection stage is studied. In particular, in the present paper the effect… read more here.
Keywords: turbine towers; wind; wave; wave current ... See more keywords
Resonance Investigation and its Effects on Weight Optimization of Tubular Steel Wind Turbine Towers
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DOI: 10.1016/j.promfg.2020.02.198
Abstract: Abstract The dynamic behavior of tubular steel wind turbine towers is investigated, with emphasis on discussing how the effort to avoid resonance of the soil-foundation-tower system, by keeping its eigenfrequencies outside specific ranges around the… read more here.
Keywords: turbine towers; steel wind; tubular steel; optimization ... See more keywords
A Hybrid RCS Reduction Method for Wind Turbines
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DOI: 10.3390/en13195078
Abstract: Wind turbine towers produce significant scatterings when illuminated by radars. Their reflectivity affects air traffic control, military surveillance, vessel tracking, and weather data sensing processes. Reducing the radar cross-section (RCS) of wind turbines is an… read more here.
Keywords: wind turbines; turbine towers; wind turbine; method ... See more keywords