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With larger rotors and taller towers developed to capture more wind energy, the wind turbine structures are becoming more flexible with aspect ratio increasing. However, there remains a strong gap of dynamic analysis of fully coupled high-aspect-ratio wind turbine tower system. This study employed the IEA 15 WM wind turbine as a reference prototype, and designed a scaled model based on the geometric, kinematic, and dynamic similarity principles. Then, the systematic investigations of dynamic behavior of coupled wind turbine tower system were performed tested combined wind tunnel tests with computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modelling. The dynamic behavior was analyzed in terms of acceleration and displacement responses, motion trajectories, and dynamic characteristics in both crosswind and downwind directions. In CFD modelling, the aerodynamic characteristics were revealed in terms of the average pressure coefficient, fluctuating pressure coefficient, and lift and drag forces. Parameter discussions were performed including the blade rotation, turbulence intensity and wind speed. The results indicate that turbine vibrations are highly sensitive to variations in wind speed and turbulence. As wind speed and turbulence increase, the range of vibration data expands, with peak responses amplified by 249.70 % and 59.63 %, respectively, and lift forces increasing by over 40 %. Furthermore, blade rotation increases the average pressure coefficient by up to 42.09 %. Compared to the previous studies of low-aspect-ratio wind turbine tower case, high-aspect-ratio wind turbine tower exhibit significantly more intense vibrations in the same operating cases, with an increase in the root mean square (RMS) of acceleration up to 52.50 %. Additionally, the slender tower structures are more susceptible to higher-order frequency excitations induced by fluid solid interactions during operation.
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THIN-WALLED STRUCTURES
ISSN: 0263-8231
Year: 2025
Volume: 211
5 . 7 0 0
JCR@2023
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