Effects of a vibration mass damper in a wind turbine tower

Mechanics of Structures and Machines

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 155-187

  Enevoldsen, I ^a   Mork K J ^b  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b DNV GL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC LOADS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; ROTORS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TOWERS; TURBULENCE; WIND TURBINES;

FATIGUE LOAD; RESPONSE ANALYSIS; VIBRATION MASS DAMPER; WIND TURBINE TOWER;

DAMPING;

EID: 0030147452     PISSN: 08905452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08905459608905260     Document Type: Article

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