Horizontal axis wind turbine research: A review of commercial CFD, FE codes and experimental practices

JM O'Brien, TM Young, DC O'Mahoney… - Progress in Aerospace …, 2017 - Elsevier
A review of wind turbine aerodynamics research is presented. The review is limited to
Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine (HAWT) investigations. The focus is on recent near wake …

Fragility analysis of steel and concrete wind turbine towers

A Quilligan, A O'Connor, V Pakrashi - Engineering structures, 2012 - Elsevier
The tower is an essential component of a wind turbine assembly with its cost amounting to
approximately 30% of the overall turbine costs for onshore installations. This paper …

Tuned rolling-ball dampers for vibration control in wind turbines

J Chen, CT Georgakis - Journal of Sound and Vibration, 2013 - Elsevier
With wind turbines growing in size and cost, it is necessary to reduce their dynamic
responses and improve their fatigue lifetime. A passive tuned-mass damper (TMD) is a very …

Dynamic analysis of an offshore wind turbine under random wind and wave excitation with soil-structure interaction and blade tower coupling

A Banerjee, T Chakraborty, V Matsagar… - Soil Dynamics and …, 2019 - Elsevier
This study investigates the dynamic response of a 5 MW offshore wind turbine with monopile
foundation subjected to wind and wave actions. The work includes dynamic interaction …

Analysis on dynamic interaction between flexible bodies of large-sized wind turbine and its response to random wind loads

S Guo, Y Li, W Chen - Renewable energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Analysis of structural dynamic response of wind turbine is one of important issues to
assess its structural integrity and safety during operation process. As the output power of …

Semi-active fuzzy control of edgewise vibrations in wind turbine blades under extreme wind

J Chen, C Yuan, J Li, Q Xu - Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial …, 2015 - Elsevier
In this paper, a new semi-active fuzzy control strategy is proposed for controlling edgewise
vibrations of wind turbine blades under extreme wind. The control forces are provided by …

Vibration control of coupled wind tower–nacelle–blade system

YLD Martins, ZJGD Prado, SM Ávila… - International Journal of …, 2022 - World Scientific
Wind turbines are slender and flexible structures which can undergo large amplitude
vibrations when subjected to external loads and, an important way to reduce these …

[HTML][HTML] Investigation on the Effect of the Baseline Control System on Dynamic and Fatigue Characteristics of Modern Wind Turbines

C Yuan, J Li, Y Xie, W Bai, J Wang - Applied Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
In order to investigate the effect of a baseline control system (BCS) on dynamic and fatigue
characteristics of modern wind turbines, the simulation results of a 5-MW wind turbine …

Fatigue life fragilities and performance-based design of wind turbine tower base connections

TQ Do, JW van de Lindt, H Mahmoud - Journal of Structural …, 2015 - ascelibrary.org
Wind turbines are typically designed for a target service life of 20 years because of fatigue-
related failures of the moving components such as the rotors and blades. Designing the …

Dynamics of flexible tower-blade and rigid nacelle system: dynamic instability due to their interactions in wind turbine

N Kang, S Chul Park, J Park… - Journal of Vibration and …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
The dynamic stability of a coupled tower-blade wind turbine system is investigated
analytically and experimentally. Coupled equations of motion and associated boundary …