Tuned mass dampers in wind response control of wind turbine with soil-structure interaction

The efficiency of tuned mass dampers (TMDs) in along-wind response mitigation of a wind turbine with consideration of blade coupling and soil-structure interaction (SSI) is investigated. The wind turbine tower is modeled as a multi-degree of freedom (MDOF) with three blades are connected as a MDOF system to the tower. The along-wind drag forces are generated using Shinozuka method. The effect of SSI is considered using frequency independent parameters. The equation of motion for the coupled system is numerically solved in time domain using the Newmark Beta method. In order to observe the changes in response of the system, the blades are subjected to rotating wind field to include the effects of the blade-tower interaction and rotor movement. The peak displacement, peak acceleration, root mean square (RMS) displacement, RMS acceleration, and power spectral density (PSD) of the wind turbine are the response quantities considered for comparative studies. Single TMD (STMD) and distributed multiple TMDs (d-MTMDs) are used to mitigate the wind response of the tower. Parametric studies are conducted to find the most suitable parameters (such as mass ratio, frequency bandwidth, and damping ratios) of the TMD schemes to increase the effectiveness of the strategy in the mitigation of the wind response of wind turbine with/without consideration of SSI. It is concluded that wind response of the wind turbine is amplified with inclusion of the SSI, blade-tower interaction, and rotor movement. In addition, it is concluded that the d-MTMDs are more effective and robust in wind response control of the wind turbine as compared to the STMD.