“Modeling of Wind Turbine Gearbox Mounting”Authors: Morten Haastrup, Michael R. Hansen, Morten K. EbbesenAffiliation: Vestas Wind Systems A/S (Denmark) and University of Agder Reference: 2011, Vol. 32, No. 4, pp. 141-149. |
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Keywords: Parameter identification, wind turbine, gearbox mounting, bushing
Abstract: In this paper three bushing models are evaluated to find a best practice in modeling the mounting of wind turbine gearboxes. Parameter identification on measurements has been used to determine the bushing parameters for dynamic simulation of a gearbox including main shaft. The stiffness of the main components of the gearbox has been calculated. The torsional stiffness of the main shaft, gearbox and the mounting of the gearbox are of same order of magnitude, and eigenfrequency analysis clearly reveals that the stiffness of the gearbox mounting is of importance when modeling full wind turbine drivetrains.
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DOI: 10.4173/mic.2011.4.2
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[1] Morten Haastrup Michael R. Hansen Morten K. Ebbesen Ole Ø. Mouritsen, (2012), doi:10.4173/mic.2012.1.1
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BibTeX:
@article{MIC-2011-4-2,
title={{Modeling of Wind Turbine Gearbox Mounting}},
author={Morten Haastrup and Michael R. Hansen and Morten K. Ebbesen},
journal={Modeling, Identification and Control},
volume={32},
number={4},
pages={141--149},
year={2011},
doi={10.4173/mic.2011.4.2},
publisher={Norwegian Society of Automatic Control}
};
