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An analytical model
to predict the natural
article
frequency of offshore wind turbines on
three-spring flexible foundations using
two different beam models
Why is frequency
important?
Complex loading
Static + Cyclic + Dynamic
loading: wind, wave, 1P, 3P
Wide frequency band
excitation close to natural
frequency [1] dynamic
amplification
Turbulent wind
load
Stochastic wave
load
L. Arany, S. Bhattacharya, J. Macdonald, and S. J. Hogan, Simplified critical mudline bending moment spectra
of offshore wind turbine support structures, Wind Energy, 2014, DOI: 10.1002/we.1812
Soil stiffness
may change!
Measured
initial f =
1.23Hz
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Dyn. Earthq. Eng., vol. 31, no. 56, pp. 805816, May 2011.
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Observed dynamic soilstructure interaction in scale testing of offshore wind turbine foundations, Soil Dyn. Earthq.
Eng., 2013.
[4] S. Bhattacharya, J. a. Cox, D. Lombardi, and D. M. Wood Muir Wood, Dynamics of offshore wind turbines supported on
two foundations, Proc. ICE - Geotech. Eng., vol. 166, no. 2, pp. 159169, Apr. 2013.
[5] Lowe, J. [PowerPoint presentation) Hornsea Met Mast - A Demonstration of the Twisted Jacket Design. Global
Lely A2:
NM41
North Hoyle
2-bladed,
Vestas V80
Wind turbine
500kW
2MW
turbine for
Industrial
study
wind turbine
purposes
Natural frequency results
Measured value - [Hz]
0.634
N/A
0.634
N/A
Present study (Euler-Bernoulli beam) - [Hz]
0.7349
0.3448 (N/A)
0.7349
(error [%])
(15.9%)
0.3448 (N/A)
Present study (Timoshenko beam) - [Hz]
0.7340
(15.9%)
0.3445 (N/A)
0.7340
(error[%])
(15.8%)
0.3445 (N/A)
(15.8%)
Irene Vorrink
Siemens SWT3.6-107
600kW
3.6MW
study
industrial
purpose wind
wind turbine
turbine
0.546
0.546
0.4563
0.4563
(16.4%)
(16.4%)
0.4560(16.5%)
0.4560(16.5%)
0.35
0.35
0.3293(5.9%)
0.3293(5.9%)
0.3290(5.9%)
0.3290(5.9%)
Flat regions
are
safe for
changing
stiffness!