Numerical analysis and design of small wind turbine tower

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Published: Oct 7, 2018
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Wind turbine tower Finite element analysis Tower design

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C. Srikunwong
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, King Mongkut’s University of Technology North, Bangkok, 10800 Thailand
U. Nontakeaw
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, King Mongkut’s University of Technology North, Bangkok, 10800 Thailand

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In this paper, a proposed design methodology for the on-shore small wind turbine (SWT) tower is intensively studied and presented. The finite element analysis technique is used to analyze the static and dynamic structural responses in terms of the stress distribution, deflection, stability, and modal analysis of the tower structure. The design concept of such a tubular monopole tower design is based on the international electrotechnical commission code, namely IEC 61400-2, which is commonly used as a practical guideline for small wind turbine requirement and design load computation. The tubular steel tower formed as a truncated cone shape is designed in three portions where the individual section length is 10 m. Hub height of the tower is 30 m above the tower base. It was found from the strength analysis and design process that the base and the top diameter of the tower were 1.30 and 0.80 m, respectively for the optimal configuration of the involved SWT tower.

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Srikunwong, C., & Nontakeaw, U. (2018). Numerical analysis and design of small wind turbine tower. Journal of Research and Applications in Mechanical Engineering, 1(4), 27–30. Retrieved from https://ph01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/jrame/article/view/149451
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Vol. 1 No. 4 (2013)
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RESEARCH ARTICLES

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