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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2015.16.3.2272

A Study on the Natural Frequency of Wind Turbine Tower Regarding to Modeling Method  

Lee, Yun-Woo (Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering Korea University)
Jang, Min-Seo (Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering Korea University)
Kang, Soung-Yong (Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering Korea University)
Kim, Pyoung-Hwa (Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering Korea University)
Kang, Young-Jong (Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering Korea University)
Publication Information
Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.16, no.3, 2015 , pp. 2272-2278 More about this Journal
Abstract
Recently the importance of renewable energy is stood out regarding to the international concern about global environmental issues. Wind power is beginning to receive attention as one of renewable energy, and world-wide researches about wind power are being carried out. In the wind power system, tower structure plays an important roles for continuous and stable generation of electricity. Researchers use various analytical models to research and develop about tower structures. In this study, the effects of natural frequencies of various wind turbine tower models have been analyzed. It is possible to simplify the detailed parts of models by using modified tower unit weight since the results of 1st natural frequency show that the difference is only 0.14%. Since the difference in natural frequency is greater than 10%, according to the boundary condition, the simple fix end support is not appropriate to represent the real structure of the tower. It is expected that the result of this study may be utilized to establish the criterion about appropriate modelling method.
Keywords
Modelling; Natural Frequency; Stepped Beam; Tapered Shell; Wind Turbine Tower;
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