Influence of Soil-Structure Interaction Models on the Dynamic Responses of An Offshore Wind Turbine Under Environmental Loads

Offshore wind turbines(OWTs) suffer wind, wave and earthquake loads. The investigation of OWTs' dynamic response under environmental loads is essential for structural safety assessment. The soil-structure interaction(SSI)significantly affects the responses of OWT under environmental loads. However, there is few systematic research about the difference in the dynamic response of different SSI models under environmental loads. In order to solve the problem, the OWT is modeled by shell element, and several SSI models are built. The wind, wave and earthquake loads are taken into account. Moreover, the dynamic response, fatigue and buckling analysis are performed by ANSYS. The results indicate that SSI cannot be ignored in the dynamic response of the OWT under wind and wave loads. The SSI can decrease the displacement response of the OWT by 19% under wind and wave loads and reduce the fatigue damage of the pile. Multi-layer SSI can strongly influence the OWT's dynamic response under wind and wave loads or earthquake-only load. The vertical earthquake load increases the dynamic response in three directions.Besides, in order to simulate real environment, multi-layer SSI, soil damping and vertical SSI must be considered to evaluate the displacement response of the OWT under wind, wave and earthquake loads. The earthquake and gravity loads can cause more obvious response of the OWT than that of only wind and wave loads. The top and bottom of the tower are prone to occur buckling.

不同海况及伺服系统作用下10MW单桩式风力机地震易损性研究

为探究不同海况及伺服系统下单桩式近海风力机的地震易损性,以DTU 10 MW风力机为研究对象,建立风浪相关的地震-湍流风-波浪多物理场模型,研究其在变速变桨伺服系统下的动力特性,基于增量动力分析方法评估其地震易损性。结果表明:变速变桨伺服系统可有效缓解风力机高风速下无地震作用时的塔顶振动;当风轮在大推力下,较小的波浪载荷一定程度上可降低风力机塔顶振动及塔底弯矩;随地震动强度增加,风力机各临界损伤状态失效概率逐渐增加;风力机地震易损性主要由地震动强度决定,波浪载荷与湍流风载荷对风力机地震易损性影响较小。

不同风载及地震载荷下单桩及三桩式海上风力机动力学响应差异性研究

为探究单桩及三桩式海上风力机在不同风载荷及地震载荷作用下动力学响应的差异,以DTU 10 MW风力机为研究对象,考虑湍流风及地震载荷作用,基于p-y曲线法及Winkler土-构相互作用理论,构建土-构耦合模型,开展单桩及三桩式海上风力机动力学响应比较研究。结果表明:在湍流风作用下,三桩式风力机较单桩式塔顶位移峰值响应较小,结构更稳定;单桩式风力机呈局部小应力、整体大应力现象;而三桩式风力机呈局部大应力,整体小应力现象。在湍流风与地震载荷联合作用下,三桩式风力机相较于单桩式位移峰值受地震载荷影响波动较大,但其在不同风速及不同强度地震作用下峰值节点位移总体仍小于单桩式。

主余震序列作用下近海风力机动力特性研究

为研究主余震序列作用下近海单桩式风力机动力响应特性,以DTU 10 MW风力机为研究对象,构建地震-湍流风-波浪多物理场计算模型,并通过重复法及衰减法构造主余震序列,研究主余震序列对风力机动力特性的影响。结果表明:当地震正向冲击时,环境载荷主要影响塔顶前后向振动,地震载荷为塔顶侧向振动的决定载荷,可在一定程度上缓解环境载荷所造成的塔顶振动。主余震序列作用时相较仅主震或余震序列作用,风力机塔顶振动明显增强,塔架最大等效应力变大,应变能集聚现象更为明显。余震较强时,风力机余震阶段塔顶振动、最大等效应力及应变能集聚现象强于主震阶段。