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http://dx.doi.org/10.12989/sem.2015.56.6.1021

Aerodynamic loads and aeroelastic responses of large wind turbine tower-blade coupled structure in yaw condition  

Ke, S.T. (Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Hi-Tech Research for Wind Turbine Design, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics)
Wang, T.G. (Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Hi-Tech Research for Wind Turbine Design, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics)
Ge, Y.J. (State Key Laboratory for Disaster Reduction in Civil Engineering, Tongji University)
Tamura, Y. (Center of Wind Engineering Research, Tokyo Polytechnic University)
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Structural Engineering and Mechanics / v.56, no.6, 2015 , pp. 1021-1040 More about this Journal
Abstract
An effective method to calculate aerodynamic loads and aeroelastic responses of large wind turbine tower-blade coupled structures in yaw condition is proposed. By a case study on a 5 MW large wind turbine, the finite element model of the wind turbine tower-blade coupled structure is established to obtain the modal information. The harmonic superposition method and modified blade-element momentum theory are used to calculate aerodynamic loads in yaw condition, in which the wind shear, tower shadow, tower-blade modal and aerodynamic interactions, and rotational effects are fully taken into account. The mode superposition method is used to calculate kinetic equation of wind turbine tower-blade coupled structure in time domain. The induced velocity and dynamic loads are updated through iterative loop, and the aeroelastic responses of large wind turbine tower-blade coupled system are then obtained. For completeness, the yaw effect and aeroelastic effect on aerodynamic loads and wind-induced responses are discussed in detail based on the calculating results.
Keywords
wind turbine tower-blade coupled structure; aerodynamic loads; aeroelastic effect; yaw effect; parameter analysis;
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