Tuned liquid column dampers in offshore wind turbines for structural control

S Colwell, B Basu - Engineering structures, 2009 - Elsevier
With offshore wind turbines becoming larger, being moved out further at sea and subjected
to ever greater wind and wave forces, it is necessary to analyse the dynamics and minimise …

Vibration suppression of offshore wind turbine foundations using tuned liquid column dampers and tuned mass dampers

A Hemmati, E Oterkus, M Khorasanchi - Ocean Engineering, 2019 - Elsevier
Highly dynamic nature of the applied loads on flexible and lightly damped offshore wind
turbine (OWT) foundations affects the lifetime and serviceability of the system. In this study …

Modelling of a tuned liquid multi-column damper. Application to floating wind turbine for improved robustness against wave incidence

C Coudurier, O Lepreux, N Petit - Ocean Engineering, 2018 - Elsevier
In this paper, the coupling of a float with a tuned liquid multi-column damper (TLMCD), a
novel structural damping device inspired by the classical tuned liquid column damper …

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 …

Dynamics and control of spar‐type floating offshore wind turbines with tuned liquid column dampers

Z Zhang, C Høeg - Structural Control and Health Monitoring, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
This paper investigates the use of tuned liquid column dampers (TLCDs) for vibration control
of spar‐type floating offshore wind turbines (FOWTs). A 17‐degree‐of‐freedom (17‐DOF) …

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 …

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 …

Shaking table test and numerical analysis of offshore wind turbine tower systems controlled by TLCD

J Chen, Y Liu, X Bai - Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration, 2015 - Springer
A wind turbine system equipped with a tuned liquid column damper (TLCD) is
comprehensively studied via shaking table tests using a 1/13-scaled model. The effects of …

Multi-objective optimization of orthogonal TLCDs for reducing fatigue and extreme loads of a floating offshore wind turbine

S Park, M Glade, MA Lackner - Engineering Structures, 2020 - Elsevier
Floating offshore wind turbines have substantial potential to harness energy in deep-water
locations, however, compared to fixed-bottom offshore wind turbines, they also have more …

An integrated FEA-CFD simulation of offshore wind turbines with vibration control systems

A Kampitsis, K Kapasakalis, L Via-Estrem - Engineering Structures, 2022 - Elsevier
The vibration mitigation of a monopile Offshore Wind Turbine (OWT) under wind and sea
wave excitation is investigated, incorporating dynamic Vibration Control systems (VCS). The …