Tuned liquid column dampers in offshore wind turbines for structural control

Engineering Structures

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 358-368

  Colwell, Shane ^a   Basu, Biswajit ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Correlation; Offshore wind turbine; TLCD; Vibration control; Wave loading; Wind loading

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); BENDING MOMENTS; DAMPING; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ENGINES; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; HYDRAULIC MACHINERY; HYDRAULIC MOTORS; LOADING; LOADS (FORCES); MECHANICAL WAVES; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; STEEL STRUCTURES; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS; TURBINES; TURBULENT FLOW; VIBRATION CONTROL; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

CORRELATION; OFFSHORE WIND TURBINE; TLCD; WAVE LOADING; WIND LOADING;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

CORRELATION; CYCLIC LOADING; DAMPING; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE; VIBRATION; WIND TURBINE;

EID: 57849111288     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2008.09.001     Document Type: Article

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