TY  - CHAP
A1  - Altay, Okyay
A1  - Taddei, Francesca
A1  - Butenweg, Christoph
A1  - Klinkel, Sven
T1  - Vibration mitigation of wind turbine towers with tuned mass dampers
T2  - Wind turbine control and monitoring. (Advances in industrial control)
N2  - Because of its minor environmental impact, electricity generation using wind power is getting remarkable. The further growth of the wind industry depends on technological solutions to the challenges in production and construction of the turbines. Wind turbine tower vibrations, which limit power generation efficiency and cause fatigue problems with high maintenance costs, count as one of the main structural difficulties in the wind energy sector. To mitigate tower vibrations auxiliary measures are necessary. The effectiveness of tuned mass damper is verified by means of a numeric study on a 5 MW onshore reference wind turbine. Hereby, also seismic-induced vibrations and soil–structure interaction are considered. Acquired results show that tuned mass damper can effectively reduce resonant tower vibrations and improve the fatigue life of wind turbines. This chapter is also concerned with tuned liquid column damper and a semiactive application of it. Due to its geometric versatility and low prime costs, tuned liquid column dampers are a good alternative to other damping measures, in particular for slender structures like wind turbines.
Y1  - 2014
UR  - https://opus.bibliothek.fh-aachen.de/opus4/frontdoor/index/index/docId/7511
SN  - 978-3-319-08412-1 (Print) ; 978-3-319-08413-8 (E-Book)
SP  - 337
EP  - 373
PB  - Springer
CY  - Cham ; Heidelberg ; New York ; Dordrecht ; London
ER  -