Influence of Wind Induced Fatigue Damage in the Reliability of Wind Turbines
Steel tubular towers serving as support structures for large wind turbines are subjected to several hundred million stress cycles caused by the turbulent nature of the wind. This causes highcycle fatigue, which could govern the design of the tower. Maintaining the support structure after the wind turbines reach its typical 20-year design life has become a common practice; however, quantifying the changes in the reliability on the tower is not usual. In this paper the effect of fatigue damage in the wind turbine structure is studied whit the use of fracture mechanics, and a method to estimate the reliability over time of the structure is proposed. A representative wind turbine located in Oaxaca, Mexico is then studied. It is found that the system reliability is significantly affected by the accumulation of fatigue damage.
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[1] J. D. Holmes, Wind loading of structures. 2007, pp. 1–28, 50–73.
[2] T. Burton, N. Jenkins, D. Sharpe, and E. Bossanyi, Wind Energy
Handbook (Google eBook). 2011, pp. 11–38.
[3] IEC-61400-1, “Wind Turbines - Part 1: Design Requirements,” 2005.
[4] ESDU, “Characteristics of atmospheric turbulence near the ground Part
III : variations in space and time for strong winds ( neutral atmosphere
),” no. October 1986, 2001.
[5] G. Solari, “Turbulence Modeling for Gust Loading,” Journal of
Structural Engineering, vol. 113, no. 7. pp. 1550–1569, 1987.
[6] P. S. Veers, “Three-Dimensional Wind Simulation,” pp. 1–36, 1988.
[7] W. a Timmer, “Aerodynamic characteristics of wind turbine blade
airfoils at high angles-of-attack,” TORQUE 2010 Sci. Mak. Torque from
Wind, no. 1, pp. 71–78, 2010.
[8] M. A. Miner, “Cumulative damage in fatigue,” J. Appl. Mech., vol. 12,
no. 3, pp. 159–164, 1945.
[9] P. C. Paris and F. Erdogan, “A critical analysis of crack propagation
laws,” J. Basic Eng., vol. 85, pp. 528–534, 1963.
[10] a A. Næss, “Fatigue Handbook,” Offshore Steel Struct. TAPIR, vol.
224, 1985.
[11] K. H. Lee and D. V Rosowsky, “Fragility curves for woodframe
structures subjected to lateral wind loads,” vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 217–230,
2006.
[12] F. Jalayer and C. A. Cornell, “A Technical Framework for ProbabilityBased
Demand and Capacity Factor Design ( DCFD ) Seismic Formats
A Technical Framework for Probability-Based Demand and Capacity
Factor Design ( DCFD ) Seismic Formats,” Engineering, 2003.
[13] J. Jonkman, S. Butterfield, W. Musial, and G. Scott, “Definition of a 5-
MW reference wind turbine for offshore system development,” Contract,
no. February, pp. 1–75, 2009.
[14] C. Lindenburg, D. Winkelaar, and E. L. Van Der Hooft, “DOWEC 6
MW PRE-DESIGN Aero-elastic modelling of the DOWEC 6 MW predesign
in PHATAS Acknowledgement / Preface,” no. September, pp. 1–
46, 2003.
[15] K. S. Hansen, K. Ole, and H. Pedersen, “Online wind turbine
measurement laboratory.,” Main, no. March, pp. 1–8, 2006.
[16] O. a. Jaramillo and M. a. Borja, “Wind speed analysis in La Ventosa,
Mexico: A bimodal probability distribution case,” Renew. Energy, vol.
29, pp. 1613–1630, 2004.
[17] W. B. Dong, Z. Gao, and T. Moan, “Fatigue reliability analysis of
jacket-type offshore wind turbine considering inspection and repair
Abstract :
[18] Bs-7910, “Guide to methods for assessing the acceptability of flaws in
metallic structures,” BSI Stand. Publ., vol. 3, p. 306, 2005.
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