• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.53-65
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• 2019

Misaligned wind-wave and seismic loading render offshore wind turbines suffering from excessive bi-directional vibration. However, most of existing research in this field focused on unidirectional vibration mitigation, which is insufficient for research and real application. Based on the authors' previous work (Sun and Jahangiri 2018), the present study uses a three dimensional pendulum tuned mass damper (3d-PTMD) to mitigate the nacelle structural response in the fore-aft and side-side directions under wind, wave and near-fault ground motions. An analytical model of the offshore wind turbine coupled with the 3d-PTMD is established wherein the interaction between the blades and the tower is modelled. Aerodynamic loading is computed using the Blade Element Momentum (BEM) method where the Prandtl's tip loss factor and the Glauert correction are considered. Wave loading is computed using Morison equation in collaboration with the strip theory. Performance of the 3d-PTMD is examined on a National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) monopile 5 MW baseline wind turbine under misaligned wind-wave and near-fault ground motions. The robustness of the mitigation performance of the 3d-PTMD under system variations is studied. Dual linear TMDs are used for comparison. Research results show that the 3d-PTMD responds more rapidly and provides better mitigation of the bi-directional response caused by misaligned wind, wave and near-fault ground motions. Under system variations, the 3d-PTMD is found to be more robust than the dual linear TMDs to overcome the detuning effect. Moreover, the 3d-PTMD with a mass ratio of 2% can mitigate the short-term fatigue damage of the offshore wind turbine tower by up to 90%.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.17-27
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• 2023

Taking a subway shield tunnel in a certain section of Zhengzhou Metro Line 5 as an example, the field tests of shield cutting cement-soil monopile composite foundation were carried out. The load and internal force of the tunnel lining under the action of composite foundation were tested on-site and the distribution characteristics and variation laws of earth pressure around the tunnel under the load holding state of the composite foundation were analyzed. Five different load combinations (i.e., overburden load theory + q₀, Terzaghi's theory + q₀, Bierbaumer's theory + q₀, Xie's theory + q₀, and the proposed method (the combination of compound weight method and Terzaghi's theory) + q₀) were used to calculate the internal force of the tunnel structure and the obtained results were compared with the measured internal force results. The action mode of earth pressure on the tunnel lining structure was evaluated. Research results show that the earth pressure obtained by the calculation method proposed in this paper was more consistent with the measured value and the deviation between the two was within 5%. The distribution of the calculated internal force of the tunnel structure was more in line with the distribution law of field test data and the deviation between the calculated and measured values was small. This effectively verified the rationality and applicability of the proposed calculation method. Research results provided references for the design and evaluation of shield tunnels under the action of composite foundations.

• 한국해안·해양공학회논문집
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• 제27권5호
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• pp.281-294
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• 2015

해상 풍력발전체 최적설계에 필요한 파력과 풍력의 비선형 상쇄 간섭 생성기작을 규명하기 위해 5MW급 해상풍력 발전체를 대상으로 1/50 scale로 수리모형실험을 수행하였다. 해상풍력 발전체의 하부구조물은 시공이 용이하여 가장 선호되는 mono pile로 선정하였다. 돌풍은 Kaimal 스펙트럼과 상호스펙트럼에 기초한 Monte carlo 모로 재현하였으며, 모의결과를 토대로 순간 최대풍속은 10 m/s로 조정하였다. 파고는 해상풍력 시범단지가 예정되어있는 우리나라 서해안 해역의 파황을 고려하여 $H_s=0.1m$, 0.15 m, 0.2 m로 선정하였다. 수리모형실험 결과, 파력과 풍력의 비선형 상쇄 간섭은 해역이 거칠수록 보다 확연하게 관측되었으며, 이러한 결과는 해수면 요철로 인해 대기와 해수면의 경계에서 출현하는 Large eddy가 비선형 상쇄 간섭의 생성 기작이라는 우리의 추론을 뒷받침한다.