Affiliation:
1. Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Coastal Disaster and Protection Hohai University Nanjing China
2. College of Harbour Coastal and Offshore Engineering Hohai University Nanjing China
Abstract
AbstractThe recent construction of numerous offshore wind turbines (OWTs) in seismically active areas worldwide has stimulated research on seismic evaluation and vibration control design for OWTs. Unlike the onshore counterparts, the hydrodynamic effects on the seismic responses of OWTs need to be studied. Besides, the equipment in the nacelle of an OWT is highly sensitive to acceleration. Significant dynamic amplification on the nacelle under horizontal earthquake excitation can cause the malfunction of power generation and even seriously threaten the safety of OWTs. As a promising solution, tuned mass dampers (TMDs) based on the first mode of OWTs need to be tested by various earthquake excitations. In this paper, the seismic amplification effect, the hydrodynamic effects, and the vibration control by a single TMD are investigated through a series of underwater shaking table tests based on a 1:20 scaled model of a 5 MW OWT. The “no water”, “with water”, and “with water and TMD” tests are evaluated and compared. The accelerations of OWTs can be amplified or reduced by the hydrodynamic effects, depending on the natural frequencies and vibration modes of the OWT and the frequency spectrum of the seismic excitation. The earthquake‐induced hydrodynamic damping ratio and hydrodynamic added mass are carefully measured. For the TMD's effect, the single TMD performs reasonably well in seismic vibration control in most cases. Finally, the interaction between hydrodynamic effects and TMD's effect is discussed, and the hydrodynamic damping effect is suggested to be ignored when designing TMDs for OWTs.
Funder
National Natural Science Foundation of China
Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities
Subject
Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous),Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology,Civil and Structural Engineering
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