Nonlinear dynamic analysis of wind turbine towers subject to design wind and seismic loads

Horizontal Axis Wind Turbines (HAWT) may experience catastrophic failures due to very strong wind and/or seismic loads. Such loads, if not properly addressed, may result in excessive deformations which, in turn, may cause significant damage, or even collapse of wind turbines. This research proposes the development of a novel nonlinear dynamic response of wind turbine towers, in order to produce more reliable designs, especially in the case of ultimate loading of horizontal axis wind turbines. The approach is highly nonlinear, and requires advanced numerical techniques to achieve accurate solutions. The programming of these techniques is achieved using the Embarcadero's Delphi, which is a Windows based Object Pascal programming environment.

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

Level thesis:degree_level

Doctoral

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Civil and Environmental Engineering

Grantor dc:publisher

Colorado School of Mines. Arthur Lakes Library

Year dc:date.issued

2016

Author dc:creator

• Sassi, Muhsen Awad

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Kiousis, Panagiotis Demetrios, 1956-

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Amery, Hussein A., 1958-
• Crocker, Joseph P.
• Mustoe, Graham G. W.

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright of the original work is retained by the author.

Language dc:language.iso

eng, English

Identifier

T 8184

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:repository.mines.edu:11124/170630