Tuned liquid column dampers for mitigation of edgewise vibrations in rotating wind turbine blades

Z Zhang, B Basu, SRK Nielsen - Structural Control and Health …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Edgewise vibrations in wind turbine blades are lightly damped, and large amplitude
vibrations induced by the turbulence may significantly shorten the fatigue life of the blade …

Damping of edgewise vibration in wind turbine blades by means of circular liquid dampers

B Basu, Z Zhang, SRK Nielsen - Wind Energy, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
This paper proposes a new type of passive vibration control damper for controlling edgewise
vibrations of wind turbine blades. The damper is a variant of the liquid column damper and is …

[HTML][HTML] Optimal calibration of a tuned liquid column damper (TLCD) for rotating wind turbine blades

B Chen, Z Zhang, X Hua, B Basu - Journal of Sound and Vibration, 2022 - Elsevier
Blade edgewise vibration is a growing concern for modern megawatt wind turbines, as it
may significantly shorten the blade lifetime. In this paper, optimal calibration (tuning) of a …

Nonlinear modeling of tuned liquid dampers (TLDs) in rotating wind turbine blades for damping edgewise vibrations

Z Zhang, SRK Nielsen, B Basu, J Li - Journal of Fluids and Structures, 2015 - Elsevier
Tuned liquid dampers (TLDs) utilize the sloshing motion of the fluid to suppress structural
vibrations and become a natural candidate for damping vibrations in rotating wind turbine …

Lateral vibration control of monopile supported offshore wind turbines with toroidal tuned liquid column dampers

H Ding, O Altay, JT Wang - Engineering Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
This study investigates the lateral vibration control efficiency of toroidal tuned liquid column
dampers (TTLCDs) for monopile supported offshore wind turbines. The TTLCD has the …

Development of semi-active vibration control strategy for horizontal axis wind turbine tower using multiple magneto-rheological tuned liquid column dampers

S Sarkar, A Chakraborty - Journal of Sound and Vibration, 2019 - Elsevier
Vibration control is an essential component of safe and sustained operation of modern large
wind turbine towers. As the blade-tower assembly offers time-dependent system matrices …

Performance evaluation of full-scale tuned liquid dampers (TLDs) for vibration control of large wind turbines using real-time hybrid testing

Z Zhang, A Staino, B Basu, SRK Nielsen - Engineering Structures, 2016 - Elsevier
Tuned liquid dampers (TLDs) utilize the sloshing motion of the fluid to suppress structural
vibrations and become a natural candidate for vibration control of large flexible wind …

On the size effects of toroidal tuned liquid column dampers for mitigating wind-and wave-induced vibrations of monopile wind turbines

H Ding, W Wang, JF Liu, JT Wang, ZJ Le, J Zhang… - Ocean …, 2023 - Elsevier
The toroidal tuned liquid column damper (TTLCD) can be applied in flexible structures to
improve the structural dynamic responses. This study focuses on the impact of size effects of …

Contribution of tuned liquid column gas dampers to the performance of offshore wind turbines under wind, wave, and seismic excitations

K Bargi, R Dezvareh, SA Mousavi - Earthquake Engineering and …, 2016 - Springer
The main intention of the present study is to reduce wind, wave, and seismic induced
vibrations of jackettype offshore wind turbines (JOWTs) through a newly developed vibration …

Numerical analysis of passive toroidal tuned liquid column dampers for the vibration control of monopile wind turbines using FVM and FEM

H Ding, YN Chen, JT Wang, O Altay - Ocean Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
The toroidal tuned liquid column damper (TTLCD) is a recently developed multidirectional
vibration control device. This paper investigates the TTLCD for the vibration control of …