The key in the force transmission between the tower and the foundation for offshore wind turbines is to transfer the large moment and horizontal loads. The finite element model of a large-scale prestressing bucket fou...The key in the force transmission between the tower and the foundation for offshore wind turbines is to transfer the large moment and horizontal loads. The finite element model of a large-scale prestressing bucket founda- tion for offshore wind turbines is set up and the structural characteristics of the arc transition structure of the founda- tion are analyzed for 40-60 channels(20-30 rows) arranged with prestressing steel strand under the same ultimate load and boundary conditions. The mechanical characteristics of the key parts of the foundation structures are illus- trated by the peak of the principal tensile stress, the peak of the principal compressive stress and the distribution areas where the principal tensile stress is larger than 2.00 MPa. It can be concluded that the maximum principal tensile stress of the arc transition decreases with the increasing number of channels, and the amplitude does not change signifi- cantly; the maximum principal compressive stress increases with the increasing number of channels and the amplitude changes significantly; however, for the distribution areas where the principal tensile stress is larger than 2.00 MPa, with different channel numbers, the phenomenon is not obvious. Furthermore, the principal tensile stress at the top of the foundation beams fluctuantly increases with the increasing number of channels and for the top cover of the bucket, the principal tensile stress decreases with the increasing number of channels.展开更多
Structural health monitoring(SHM)in-service is very important for wind turbine system.Because the central wavelength of a fiber Bragg grating(FBG)sensor changes linearly with strain or temperature,FBG-based sensors ar...Structural health monitoring(SHM)in-service is very important for wind turbine system.Because the central wavelength of a fiber Bragg grating(FBG)sensor changes linearly with strain or temperature,FBG-based sensors are easily applied to structural tests.Therefore,the monitoring of wind turbine blades by FBG sensors is proposed.The method is experimentally proved to be feasible.Five FBG sensors were set along the blade length in order to measure distributed strain.However,environmental or measurement noise may cover the structural signals.Dual-tree complex wavelet transform(DT-CWT)is suggested to wipe off the noise.The experimental studies indicate that the tested strain fluctuate distinctly as one of the blades is broken.The rotation period is about 1 s at the given working condition.However,the period is about 0.3 s if all the wind blades are in good conditions.Therefore,strain monitoring by FBG sensors could predict damage of a wind turbine blade system.Moreover,the studies indicate that monitoring of one blade is adequate to diagnose the status of a wind generator.展开更多
The ultrasonic motor (USM) possesses heavy nonlinearities which vary with driving conditions and load-dependent characteristics such as the dead-zone. In this paper, an identification method for the rotary travelling-...The ultrasonic motor (USM) possesses heavy nonlinearities which vary with driving conditions and load-dependent characteristics such as the dead-zone. In this paper, an identification method for the rotary travelling-wave type ultrasonic motor (RTWUSM) with dead-zone is proposed based on a modified Hammerstein model structure. The driving voltage contributing effect on the nonlinearities of the RTWUSM was transformed to the change of dynamic parameters against the driving voltage. The dead-zone of the RTWUSM is identified based upon the above transformation. Experiment results showed good agreement be- tween the output of the proposed model and actual measured output.展开更多
Launching vertical shiplift is a type of shiplifts which have the advantages in characteristics of dynamics and statics, safety and simplicity in operation. But their applications are limited as the scales of mechanic...Launching vertical shiplift is a type of shiplifts which have the advantages in characteristics of dynamics and statics, safety and simplicity in operation. But their applications are limited as the scales of mechanical equipments are too large. This paper puts forward the principle of minimization of the equivalent load for the general layout design of launching vertical shiplifts, based on the analysis of the load probability of the main hoists and their key mechanical equipments. The principle aims at determining the optimal weight of counterweight so that the equivalent loads of the main hoists of shiplifls are minimized, and larger ships are permitted to pass through. The theory and method presented in this paper have been applied in the design of the first step and third step shiplifts of the Goupitan Hydro Power Station. This has resulted in the breakthrough of the design and manufacture of launching vertical shiplifts so that the ships with tonnage of 500 t can pass through hydro dams for this type of shiplifts, comparing with the largest launching shiplift in Yantan Hydro Power Station with the 250 t shiplift.展开更多
Considering full perturbation to infinitesimal generators in the Mei structure equation,a new type of Meiadiabatic invariant induced by perturbation to Mei symmetry for Hamiltonian system was reported.
This paper proposes a new type of pulse launcher that applies the principle of linear motors. The stator, viz. gun barrel, of the launcher has a new structure of one segment of iron core consisting of 3 staggered lami...This paper proposes a new type of pulse launcher that applies the principle of linear motors. The stator, viz. gun barrel, of the launcher has a new structure of one segment of iron core consisting of 3 staggered laminations. This structure is helpful in advancing the thrust force per volume. Based on introducing the structure and the working principles, this paper resolves the electromagnetic thrusting force and performs mechanical analysis and experiments on the sample launcher. The research shows that this launcher is simple and brushless structure with brief controlling.展开更多
In order to increase the gross generation of wind turbines, the size of a tower and a rotor-nacelle becomes larger. In other words, the substructure for offshore wind turbines is strongly influenced by the effect of w...In order to increase the gross generation of wind turbines, the size of a tower and a rotor-nacelle becomes larger. In other words, the substructure for offshore wind turbines is strongly influenced by the effect of wave forces as the size of substructure increases. In addition, since a large offshore wind turbine has a heavy dead load, the reaction forces on the substructure become severe, thus very firm foundations should be required. Therefore, the dynamic soil-structure interaction has to be fully considered and the wave forces acting on substructure accurately calculated. In the present study, ANSYS AQWA is used to evaluate the wave forces. Moreover, the substructure method is applied to evaluate the effect of soil-structure interaction. Using the wave forces and the stiffness and damping matrices obtained from this study, the structural analysis of the gravity substructure is carried out through ANSYS mechanical. The structural behaviors of the strength and deformation are evaluated to investigate an ultimate structural safety and serviceability of gravity substructure for various soil conditions. Also, the modal analysis is carried out to investigate the resonance between the wind turbine and the gravity substructure.展开更多
Windbelt generators have been proposed as small, green power sources for battery charging applications. Some of the reported results lack detailed information about how key parameters influence the output power of the...Windbelt generators have been proposed as small, green power sources for battery charging applications. Some of the reported results lack detailed information about how key parameters influence the output power of the generator. In this work, we built prototypes with different architectures to study the voltage generation and power delivery as functions of belt tension, length, and electrical load at various wind speeds. We also studied the maximum power delivery conditions before the breakdown of the belt oscillation occurs. Our results are obtained from windbelt generators with two types of architectures: a conventional design with an adjustable belt that uses weight for tension control, and a revised design with a belt oscillation perpendicular to the coil axis. We have concluded that the breakdown of the belt oscillation at lower output resistances is a primary bottleneck that will limit windbelt systems to only very low power applications.展开更多
The Leibniz-Hopf algebra is the free associative algebra with one generator in each positive degree and coproduct given by the Cartan formula. Quasi-symmetric functions are a generalisation of symmetric functions [7],...The Leibniz-Hopf algebra is the free associative algebra with one generator in each positive degree and coproduct given by the Cartan formula. Quasi-symmetric functions are a generalisation of symmetric functions [7],and the algebra of quasi-symmetric functions appear as the dual of the Leibniz-Hopf algebra. The Leibniz-Hopf algebra and its dual are word Hopf algebras and play an important role in combinatorics, algebra and topology. We give some properties of words and consider an another view of proof for the antipode in the dual Leibniz-Hopf algebra.展开更多
In order to obtain the performance of the offshore wind turbine tripod foundation, a tripod foundation model was built by ANSYS. The static analysis, modal analysis and the transient dynamic analysis were run. Differe...In order to obtain the performance of the offshore wind turbine tripod foundation, a tripod foundation model was built by ANSYS. The static analysis, modal analysis and the transient dynamic analysis were run. Different parameters such as displacement, velocity, acceleration, stress were obtained and by analyzing these data, it is reasonable to draw a conclusion that the tripod foundation has a good performance used on the offshore wind turbine.展开更多
We present a novel, low-cost approach to fabricate flexible piezoelectric nano- generators (NGs) consisting of ZnO nanowires (NWs) on carbon fibers and foldable Au-coated ZnO NWs on paper. By using such designed s...We present a novel, low-cost approach to fabricate flexible piezoelectric nano- generators (NGs) consisting of ZnO nanowires (NWs) on carbon fibers and foldable Au-coated ZnO NWs on paper. By using such designed structure of the NGs, the radial ZnO NWs on a cylindrical fiber can be utilized fully and the electrical output of the NG is improved. The electrical output behavior of the NGs can be optionally controlled by increasing the fiber number, adjusting the strain rate and connection modes. For the single-fiber based NGs, the output voltage is 17 mV and the current density is about 0.09 μA·cm^-2, and the electrical output is enhanced greatly compared to that of previous similar micro-fiber based NGs. Compared with the single-fiber based NGs, the output current of the multi-fiber based NGs made of 200 carbon fibers increased 100-fold. An output voltage of 18 mV and current of 35 nA are generated from the multi-fiber based NGs. The electrical energy generated by the NGs is enough to power a practical device. The developed novel NGs can be used for smart textile structures, wearable and self-powered nanodevices.展开更多
For a variable speed large scale wind turbine, the vibration issues become a key problem that cannot be ignored in the turbine's life cycle. Wind turbine tower vibration will cause superfluous mechanical loads. To re...For a variable speed large scale wind turbine, the vibration issues become a key problem that cannot be ignored in the turbine's life cycle. Wind turbine tower vibration will cause superfluous mechanical loads. To resolve the vibration issue, a method for constructng the energy function V is proposed to meet the demands of safe operation. The Lyapunov theorem has been em- bedded in a wind turbine control algorithm, proving the theoretical feasibility of stability control based on function V. Accord- ing to an analysis of this complex nonlinear model for the wind turbine, the general method of constructing an energy function suitable for a wind turbine is presented explicitly. The feasibility of applying an energy function to wind turbine vibration con- trol is verified experimentally using a 3.0-MW direct drive wind turbine model. The experimental results indicate that the dy- namic performance of the tested wind turbine model with energy function control is significantly better than that of the uncon- trolled structure in terms of the reduction of nacelle acceleration, velocity, and displacement response.展开更多
This article summarized the recent advance on the structural design and synthetic strategies of intramolec- ular charge-transfer compounds as well as their potential ap- plications in two-photon absorption chromophore...This article summarized the recent advance on the structural design and synthetic strategies of intramolec- ular charge-transfer compounds as well as their potential ap- plications in two-photon absorption chromophores, organic photovoltaics and organic light-emitting diodes.展开更多
Reliable connection of turbine generators in complex main wiring structures to the power grid through a plurality of switches is a new key problem,referred to as multipoint automatic synchronization(MPAS),in automatic...Reliable connection of turbine generators in complex main wiring structures to the power grid through a plurality of switches is a new key problem,referred to as multipoint automatic synchronization(MPAS),in automatic control systems(ACS).In this paper,different methods of voltage-frequency and phase-difference control are analyzed,and a control methodology based on active frequency tracking(AFT)is presented.Through the establishment of the multi-point automatic synchronization model and the analysis of the governor transfer function with this control method,the important control parameters and automatic process control sequence are summarized.The correctness and effectiveness of the designed methodology are inspected through on-site testing,and the importance of the function and selection of parameters are also explored.展开更多
基金Supported by Creative Research Groups of National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51021004)Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in University (No. IRT0851)
文摘The key in the force transmission between the tower and the foundation for offshore wind turbines is to transfer the large moment and horizontal loads. The finite element model of a large-scale prestressing bucket founda- tion for offshore wind turbines is set up and the structural characteristics of the arc transition structure of the founda- tion are analyzed for 40-60 channels(20-30 rows) arranged with prestressing steel strand under the same ultimate load and boundary conditions. The mechanical characteristics of the key parts of the foundation structures are illus- trated by the peak of the principal tensile stress, the peak of the principal compressive stress and the distribution areas where the principal tensile stress is larger than 2.00 MPa. It can be concluded that the maximum principal tensile stress of the arc transition decreases with the increasing number of channels, and the amplitude does not change signifi- cantly; the maximum principal compressive stress increases with the increasing number of channels and the amplitude changes significantly; however, for the distribution areas where the principal tensile stress is larger than 2.00 MPa, with different channel numbers, the phenomenon is not obvious. Furthermore, the principal tensile stress at the top of the foundation beams fluctuantly increases with the increasing number of channels and for the top cover of the bucket, the principal tensile stress decreases with the increasing number of channels.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.11402112)the National Key Technology Support Program (No.2012BAA01B02)。
文摘Structural health monitoring(SHM)in-service is very important for wind turbine system.Because the central wavelength of a fiber Bragg grating(FBG)sensor changes linearly with strain or temperature,FBG-based sensors are easily applied to structural tests.Therefore,the monitoring of wind turbine blades by FBG sensors is proposed.The method is experimentally proved to be feasible.Five FBG sensors were set along the blade length in order to measure distributed strain.However,environmental or measurement noise may cover the structural signals.Dual-tree complex wavelet transform(DT-CWT)is suggested to wipe off the noise.The experimental studies indicate that the tested strain fluctuate distinctly as one of the blades is broken.The rotation period is about 1 s at the given working condition.However,the period is about 0.3 s if all the wind blades are in good conditions.Therefore,strain monitoring by FBG sensors could predict damage of a wind turbine blade system.Moreover,the studies indicate that monitoring of one blade is adequate to diagnose the status of a wind generator.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 60572055)the Natural Science Foundation of Guangxi Province (No. 0339068), China
文摘The ultrasonic motor (USM) possesses heavy nonlinearities which vary with driving conditions and load-dependent characteristics such as the dead-zone. In this paper, an identification method for the rotary travelling-wave type ultrasonic motor (RTWUSM) with dead-zone is proposed based on a modified Hammerstein model structure. The driving voltage contributing effect on the nonlinearities of the RTWUSM was transformed to the change of dynamic parameters against the driving voltage. The dead-zone of the RTWUSM is identified based upon the above transformation. Experiment results showed good agreement be- tween the output of the proposed model and actual measured output.
文摘Launching vertical shiplift is a type of shiplifts which have the advantages in characteristics of dynamics and statics, safety and simplicity in operation. But their applications are limited as the scales of mechanical equipments are too large. This paper puts forward the principle of minimization of the equivalent load for the general layout design of launching vertical shiplifts, based on the analysis of the load probability of the main hoists and their key mechanical equipments. The principle aims at determining the optimal weight of counterweight so that the equivalent loads of the main hoists of shiplifls are minimized, and larger ships are permitted to pass through. The theory and method presented in this paper have been applied in the design of the first step and third step shiplifts of the Goupitan Hydro Power Station. This has resulted in the breakthrough of the design and manufacture of launching vertical shiplifts so that the ships with tonnage of 500 t can pass through hydro dams for this type of shiplifts, comparing with the largest launching shiplift in Yantan Hydro Power Station with the 250 t shiplift.
基金Supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province under Grant No.Y2008A33
文摘Considering full perturbation to infinitesimal generators in the Mei structure equation,a new type of Meiadiabatic invariant induced by perturbation to Mei symmetry for Hamiltonian system was reported.
文摘This paper proposes a new type of pulse launcher that applies the principle of linear motors. The stator, viz. gun barrel, of the launcher has a new structure of one segment of iron core consisting of 3 staggered laminations. This structure is helpful in advancing the thrust force per volume. Based on introducing the structure and the working principles, this paper resolves the electromagnetic thrusting force and performs mechanical analysis and experiments on the sample launcher. The research shows that this launcher is simple and brushless structure with brief controlling.
文摘In order to increase the gross generation of wind turbines, the size of a tower and a rotor-nacelle becomes larger. In other words, the substructure for offshore wind turbines is strongly influenced by the effect of wave forces as the size of substructure increases. In addition, since a large offshore wind turbine has a heavy dead load, the reaction forces on the substructure become severe, thus very firm foundations should be required. Therefore, the dynamic soil-structure interaction has to be fully considered and the wave forces acting on substructure accurately calculated. In the present study, ANSYS AQWA is used to evaluate the wave forces. Moreover, the substructure method is applied to evaluate the effect of soil-structure interaction. Using the wave forces and the stiffness and damping matrices obtained from this study, the structural analysis of the gravity substructure is carried out through ANSYS mechanical. The structural behaviors of the strength and deformation are evaluated to investigate an ultimate structural safety and serviceability of gravity substructure for various soil conditions. Also, the modal analysis is carried out to investigate the resonance between the wind turbine and the gravity substructure.
文摘Windbelt generators have been proposed as small, green power sources for battery charging applications. Some of the reported results lack detailed information about how key parameters influence the output power of the generator. In this work, we built prototypes with different architectures to study the voltage generation and power delivery as functions of belt tension, length, and electrical load at various wind speeds. We also studied the maximum power delivery conditions before the breakdown of the belt oscillation occurs. Our results are obtained from windbelt generators with two types of architectures: a conventional design with an adjustable belt that uses weight for tension control, and a revised design with a belt oscillation perpendicular to the coil axis. We have concluded that the breakdown of the belt oscillation at lower output resistances is a primary bottleneck that will limit windbelt systems to only very low power applications.
文摘The Leibniz-Hopf algebra is the free associative algebra with one generator in each positive degree and coproduct given by the Cartan formula. Quasi-symmetric functions are a generalisation of symmetric functions [7],and the algebra of quasi-symmetric functions appear as the dual of the Leibniz-Hopf algebra. The Leibniz-Hopf algebra and its dual are word Hopf algebras and play an important role in combinatorics, algebra and topology. We give some properties of words and consider an another view of proof for the antipode in the dual Leibniz-Hopf algebra.
文摘In order to obtain the performance of the offshore wind turbine tripod foundation, a tripod foundation model was built by ANSYS. The static analysis, modal analysis and the transient dynamic analysis were run. Different parameters such as displacement, velocity, acceleration, stress were obtained and by analyzing these data, it is reasonable to draw a conclusion that the tripod foundation has a good performance used on the offshore wind turbine.
基金AcknowledgementsThis work was supported by the National Major Research Program of China (No. 2013CB932602),the Major Project of International Cooperation and Exchanges (No. 2012DFA50990), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (Nos. 51172022, 51232001, and 51372020), the Fundamental Research Funds for Central Universities, the Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University, Beijing Higher Education Young Elite Teacher Project, the Programme of Introducing Talents of Discipline to Universities, and Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Teams in University.
文摘We present a novel, low-cost approach to fabricate flexible piezoelectric nano- generators (NGs) consisting of ZnO nanowires (NWs) on carbon fibers and foldable Au-coated ZnO NWs on paper. By using such designed structure of the NGs, the radial ZnO NWs on a cylindrical fiber can be utilized fully and the electrical output of the NG is improved. The electrical output behavior of the NGs can be optionally controlled by increasing the fiber number, adjusting the strain rate and connection modes. For the single-fiber based NGs, the output voltage is 17 mV and the current density is about 0.09 μA·cm^-2, and the electrical output is enhanced greatly compared to that of previous similar micro-fiber based NGs. Compared with the single-fiber based NGs, the output current of the multi-fiber based NGs made of 200 carbon fibers increased 100-fold. An output voltage of 18 mV and current of 35 nA are generated from the multi-fiber based NGs. The electrical energy generated by the NGs is enough to power a practical device. The developed novel NGs can be used for smart textile structures, wearable and self-powered nanodevices.
文摘For a variable speed large scale wind turbine, the vibration issues become a key problem that cannot be ignored in the turbine's life cycle. Wind turbine tower vibration will cause superfluous mechanical loads. To resolve the vibration issue, a method for constructng the energy function V is proposed to meet the demands of safe operation. The Lyapunov theorem has been em- bedded in a wind turbine control algorithm, proving the theoretical feasibility of stability control based on function V. Accord- ing to an analysis of this complex nonlinear model for the wind turbine, the general method of constructing an energy function suitable for a wind turbine is presented explicitly. The feasibility of applying an energy function to wind turbine vibration con- trol is verified experimentally using a 3.0-MW direct drive wind turbine model. The experimental results indicate that the dy- namic performance of the tested wind turbine model with energy function control is significantly better than that of the uncon- trolled structure in terms of the reduction of nacelle acceleration, velocity, and displacement response.
基金supported by AcRF Tier 1(RG 8/16,RG 133/14 and RG 13/15)from MOE,SingaporeSTU Scientific Research Foundation for Talents(NTF15005)+1 种基金STU Youth Research Fund(YR15001)the Foundation for Young Talents in Higher Education of Guangdong(2015KQNCX042)
文摘This article summarized the recent advance on the structural design and synthetic strategies of intramolec- ular charge-transfer compounds as well as their potential ap- plications in two-photon absorption chromophores, organic photovoltaics and organic light-emitting diodes.
文摘Reliable connection of turbine generators in complex main wiring structures to the power grid through a plurality of switches is a new key problem,referred to as multipoint automatic synchronization(MPAS),in automatic control systems(ACS).In this paper,different methods of voltage-frequency and phase-difference control are analyzed,and a control methodology based on active frequency tracking(AFT)is presented.Through the establishment of the multi-point automatic synchronization model and the analysis of the governor transfer function with this control method,the important control parameters and automatic process control sequence are summarized.The correctness and effectiveness of the designed methodology are inspected through on-site testing,and the importance of the function and selection of parameters are also explored.