scholarly journals Seismic performance analysis of a wind turbine tower subjected to earthquake and ice actions

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. e0247557
Author(s):  
Shuai Huang ◽  
Yuejun Lyu ◽  
Liwei Xiu ◽  
Haijun Sha
Keyword(s):  
Sea Ice ◽  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Seismic Performance ◽  
Shear Force ◽  
Shaking Table Test ◽  
Bending Moment ◽  
Shaking Table ◽  
Seismic Behaviour ◽  
Wind Turbine Tower ◽  
Calculated Model

Sea ice is one of the main loads acting on a wind turbine tower in areas prone to icing, and this threatens safe working life of the wind turbine tower. In our study, a simplified calculated model of ice, wind turbine tower, and water dynamic interaction under earthquake action was proposed, which could avoid to solve a large number of nonlinear equations. Then, the seismic behaviour of the wind turbine tower with and without the influence of sea ice was investigated, and we found that the influence of the greater mass of the sea ice on the seismic response of a wind turbine tower should be considered when the wind turbine tower is designed in an area with thick ice. With the influence of the most unfavourable ice mass, the deformation and energy dissipation capacity of the wind turbine tower are decreased, and the wall thickness or stiffening rib thickness should be increased to improve the seismic performance and ductility of the wind turbine tower; the shear force and bending moment increased significantly on the wind turbine tower, and the shear force changes at the bottom of the wind turbine tower and position of action of the sea ice: attention should be paid to the wind turbine tower design at these positions. Finally, we conducted the shaking table test, and verified the rationality of our proposed simplified model.

scholarly journals Seismic behaviour analysis of a wind turbine tower affected by sea ice based on a simplified model

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuai Huang ◽  
Qingjie Qi ◽  
Shufeng Zhai ◽  
Wengang Liu ◽  
Jianzhong Liu
Keyword(s):  
Sea Ice ◽  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Shaking Table ◽  
Simplified Model ◽  
Seismic Action ◽  
Shaking Table Tests ◽  
Offshore Structure ◽  
Seismic Behaviour ◽  
Remarkable Effect ◽  
Wind Turbine Tower

AbstractIce-structure interaction threatens the safety of the offshore structure; however, dynamic seismic action even renders this process more sophisticated. This research constructed a simplified calculation model for the wind turbine tower, ice, and water under seismic loading, which could avoid solving the complex non-linear equations. Then, the seismic behaviour of the structure, i.e. wind turbine tower, in the presence and absence of influences of the sea ice was investigated, and we found the remarkable effect of sea ice upon the wind turbine tower when its mass is within a range; the wind turbine tower is found to have reduced capacity in energy dissipation, and thickness of tower walls or stiffening ribs is supposed to be enlarged for making the structure more ductile. Affected by the sea ice, the shear force and bending moment of the tower showed significant increases, and more attention needs to be paid to the tower bottom and action position of the sea ice. According to the dynamic similarity principle, finally paraffin was used to simulate sea ice, and shaking-table tests were performed for simulating dynamic ice-structure-water interactions. Results of shaking-table tests verified the rationality of our proposed simplified model.

scholarly journals Shaking Table Test for Evaluating the Seismic Performance of Steel Frame Retrofitted by Buckling-Restrained Braces

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Tingting Wang ◽  
Jianhua Shao ◽  
Chao Zhao ◽  
Wenjin Liu ◽  
Zhanguang Wang
Keyword(s):  
Seismic Performance ◽  
Shear Force ◽  
Seismic Waves ◽  
Shaking Table Test ◽  
Steel Frame ◽  
Shaking Table ◽  
Frame Structure ◽  
Acceleration Response ◽  
Buckling Restrained Brace ◽  
Interstory Drift

To investigate the seismic performance of buckling-restrained braces under the earthquake action, the shaking table test with a two-story 1/4 scale model is carried out for the ordinary pure steel frame and the buckling-restrained bracing steel frame with low-yield-point steel as the core plate. The failure modes, dynamic characteristics, acceleration response, interstory drift ratio, strain, shear force, and other mechanical properties of those two comparative structures subjected to different levels of seismic waves are mainly evaluated by the experiment. The test results show that under the action of seismic waves with different intensities, the apparent observations of damage occur in the pure frame structure, while no obvious or serious damage in the steel members of BRB structure is observed. With the increase in loading peak acceleration for the earthquake waves, the natural frequency of both structures gradually decreases and the damping ratio gradually increases. At the end of the test, the stiffness degradation rate of the pure frame structure is 11.2%, while that of the buckling-restrained bracing steel frame structure is only 5.4%. The acceleration response of the buckling-restrained bracing steel frame is smaller than that of the pure steel frame, and the acceleration amplification factor at the second story is larger than that at the first story for both structures. The average interstory drift ratios are, respectively, 1/847 and 1/238 for the pure steel frame under the frequent earthquake and rare earthquake and are 1/3000 and 1/314 for the buckling-restrained bracing steel frame, which reveals that the reduction rate of lateral displacement reaches a maximum of 71.71% after the installation of buckling-restrained brace in the pure steel frame. The strain values at each measuring point of the structural beam and column gradually increase with the increase of the peak seismic acceleration, but the strain values of the pure steel frame are significantly larger than those of the buckling-restrained bracing steel frame, which indicates that the buckling-restrained brace as the first seismic line of defense in the structure can dramatically protect the significant structural members. The maximum shear force at each floor of the structure decreases with the increase in height, and the shear response of the pure frame is apparently higher than that of the buckling-restrained bracing structure.

Shaking Table Test on Seismic Performance of Ceiling without Braces and Artificial Spacing to Surrounding Object

2015 ◽  
Vol 104 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Kenichi Tahara ◽  
Yasuhito Sasaki ◽  
Yukihiro Sato ◽  
Satoshi Sasaki ◽  
Shojiro Motoyui
Keyword(s):  
Seismic Performance ◽  
Shaking Table Test ◽  
Shaking Table

scholarly journals Research on Bending Rigidity at Flange Connections of UHV Composite Electrical Equipment

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Haibo Wang ◽  
Yongfeng Cheng ◽  
Zhicheng Lu ◽  
Zhubing Zhu ◽  
Shujun Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Simulation ◽  
Seismic Performance ◽  
Shaking Table Test ◽  
Effective Means ◽  
Electrical Equipment ◽  
Shaking Table ◽  
Calculation Formula ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Bending Rigidity ◽  
Earthquake Simulation

Pillar electrical equipment is an important part of substations. The application of composite materials in pillar equipment can facilitate the improvement of the seismic performance of electrical equipment. In this paper, the test of elastic modulus and bending rigidity was conducted for individual composite elements in insulators and arresters, and the calculation formula for bending rigidity at the composite flange cementing connections was put forward. The numerical simulation model for the earthquake simulation shaking table test of ±1,100 kV composite pillar insulators was established, in which the bending rigidity value for the flange cementing part was obtained by the test or calculation formula. The numerical simulation results were compared with the earthquake simulation shaking table test results, the dynamic characteristics and seismic response of the model were compared, respectively, the validity of the proposed calculation formula for flange bending rigidity of composite cementing parts was verified, and a convenient and effective means was provided for calculating the seismic performance of composite electrical equipment.

scholarly journals Shaking Table Model Test and Seismic Performance Analysis of a High-Rise RC Shear Wall Structure

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shujin Li ◽  
Cai Wu ◽  
Fan Kong
Keyword(s):  
Seismic Performance ◽  
Model Test ◽  
Shaking Table Test ◽  
Technical Specification ◽  
Shaking Table ◽  
Scale Model ◽  
Wall Structure ◽  
High Rise ◽  
Table Model ◽  
Shaking Table Model Test

A building developed by Wuhan Shimao Group in Wuhan, China, is a high-rise residence with 56 stories near the Yangtze River. The building is a reinforced concrete structure, featuring with a nonregular T-type plane and a height 179.6 m, which is out of the restrictions specified by the China Technical Specification for Concrete Structures of Tall Building (JGJ3-2010). To investigate its seismic performance, a shaking table test with a 1/30 scale model is carried out in Structural Laboratory in Wuhan University of Technology. The dynamic characteristics and the responses of the model subject to different seismic intensities are investigated via the analyzing of shaking table test data and the observed cracking pattern of the scaled model. Finite element analysis of the shaking table model is also established, and the results are coincident well with the test. An autoregressive method is also presented to identify the damage of the structure after suffering from different waves, and the results coincide well with the test and numerical simulation. The shaking table model test, numerical analysis, and damage identification prove that this building is well designed and can be safely put into use. Suggestions and measures to improve the seismic performance of structures are also presented.

Shaking Table Test on Unreinforced Stone Masonry Pagoda

2012 ◽  
Vol 166-169 ◽  
pp. 730-733 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fei Zhu ◽  
Feng Lai Wang ◽  
Xu Jie Sun ◽  
Y. Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Dynamic Behavior ◽  
Seismic Performance ◽  
Seismic Design ◽  
Shaking Table Test ◽  
Shaking Table ◽  
Cultural Value ◽  
Scale Model ◽  
Stone Masonry ◽  
Experimental Program ◽  
Ancient China

Unreinforced stone masonry pagodas have great cultural value and should be detailed investigation its mechanical properties. These buildings were not designed to resist earthquakes in ancient China, at least not in the way of current methods. The objectives of this research were to understand the dynamic behavior of unreinforced stone masonry pagoda and its seismic performance. To accomplish these, a 1/12 scale model of China Dinosaurs Pagoda was constructed and tested on shaking table. The octangle model height is 3.96m, with aspect ratio of height to width is 2.93, both parameters exceed the stipulated limit of Code for Seismic Design of Building. The model built with the stones and motars similar to the prototype materials and the arrangements. Its dynamic behavior and seismic performance were tested on the shaking table towards the free vibration and three earthquake waves. The experimental program adopted in the research is explained in this paper.

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