EPSRC - Suppression of Offshore Wind Turbine Nacelle and Foundation Vibrations Using Inerter-based absorbers

Offshore wind turbines (OWTs) are subjected to external loading from variety of sources such as wind and waves, which are rapidly changing in their characteristics and directions. With OWTs becoming taller, slenderer, and moving to deeper waters, excessive vibrations significantly reduce the OWT efficiency of converting wind energy to electricity and also the OWT structure’s fatigue life. This EPSRC IAA project has successfully demonstrated the effectiveness of enhance the damping performance of OWT using inertance-integrated damping technology.

Project Funder: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

Project Partner: Atkins