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Article

Vibration Analysis of Rotor Blades of a Farm Wind-Power Plant

by
K. Turgut Gürsel
1,*,
Tufan Çoban
2 and
Aydogan Özdamar
3
1
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Ege University, 35100 Bornova – Izmir / Turkey
2
Product Development, Schneider Group
3
Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, Naval Architecture and Maritime Faculty, Yıldız Technical University, 34349 Beşiktaş, Turkey
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Math. Comput. Appl. 2012, 17(2), 164-175; https://doi.org/10.3390/mca17020164
Published: 1 August 2012

Abstract

In wind-power plants like in all engineering structures, vibrations are taken into consideration in design phases in order to avoid resonance. This condition occurs when the frequency of the exciting force coincides with one of the natural frequencies of system, which causes dangerously large amplitudes. In the present study, natural frequencies of the Rotor blades of NACA (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics) 4415 and NASA/Langley LS(1) 421MOD series of wind-power plants that deliver energy to be consumed by a farm family with four persons are calculated. Therefore, after designing the rotors, their natural frequencies are determined first by Rayleigh’s Method and next by finite element method. Further for both rotor blades, resonance analysis is carried out by the found excitation of external forces.
Keywords: Wind-power plant; Propeller blade; Vibration analysis; Resonance; Finite element method; Rayleigh’s Method Wind-power plant; Propeller blade; Vibration analysis; Resonance; Finite element method; Rayleigh’s Method

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Gürsel, K.T.; Çoban, T.; Özdamar, A. Vibration Analysis of Rotor Blades of a Farm Wind-Power Plant. Math. Comput. Appl. 2012, 17, 164-175. https://doi.org/10.3390/mca17020164

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Gürsel KT, Çoban T, Özdamar A. Vibration Analysis of Rotor Blades of a Farm Wind-Power Plant. Mathematical and Computational Applications. 2012; 17(2):164-175. https://doi.org/10.3390/mca17020164

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Gürsel, K. Turgut, Tufan Çoban, and Aydogan Özdamar. 2012. "Vibration Analysis of Rotor Blades of a Farm Wind-Power Plant" Mathematical and Computational Applications 17, no. 2: 164-175. https://doi.org/10.3390/mca17020164

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