Structural stability of concrete wind turbines and solar chimney towers exposed to dynamic wind action

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics

Volumn 95, Issue 9-11, 2007, Pages 1079-1096

  Harte, Reinhard ^a   Van Zijl, Gideon P A G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Damage; Fatigue; High cycle excitation; Inlet guide vanes; Solar chimney; Wind turbines; Wind structure interaction

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC LOADS; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; OPTIMIZATION; PRESTRESSED CONCRETE; WIND TURBINES;

HIGH-CYCLE EXCITATION; INLET GUIDE VANES; SOLAR CHIMNEY TOWERS; WIND-STRUCTURE INTERACTION;

WIND POWER;

DYNAMIC LOADS; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; OPTIMIZATION; PRESTRESSED CONCRETE; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

EID: 34548252913     PISSN: 01676105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jweia.2007.01.028     Document Type: Article

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