• 기계와재료
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• v.21 no.2
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• pp.50-73
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• 2009

본 고는 중대형 풍력터빈의 핵심부품인 로터 블레이드, 대형베어링, 증속기, 발전기, 전략변환장치, 타워 등에 사용되는 주요재료에 대한 설명과 제조방법 및 평가 방법 등에 대해 다루어 졌다. 일반적으로 풍력터빈을 구성하는 소재는 금속소재와 비금속재료로 구분되며, 비금속재료는 대부분 복합재료로써 풍력 블레이드에 적용되고 있다. 현재 육상용 풍력터빈의 한계를 극복하기 위한 대안으로, 해상용 풍력터빈에 대한 관심이 집중되고 있으며, 이러한 극지 해상의 대형 시스템에 활용되고 있는 금속소재의 경우, 고강도, 저온인성, 내피로, 내식성 등이 우수한 강재를 요구하기에 이르렀다. 이에 따라, 여러 소재 측면의 요구를 충족하기 위한 소재설계의 비중이 점차 고조되고 있으며, 이러한 시점에 본 고를 통해 풍력터빈에 활용되고 있는 소재의 전반적인 내용과 관련 소재부품의 제조 및 평가 방법등의 이해를 돕고자 한다.

• KEPCO Journal on Electric Power and Energy
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• v.2 no.3
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• pp.453-460
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• 2016

Offshore wind turbines are divided into an upper wind turbine and a lower support structure. Offshore wind turbine system is required to secure high reliability for a variety of external environmental conditions compared to ground wind turbines because of additional periodic loads due to ocean wave and current effects. In this study, extreme load analyses have been conducted for the designed offshore wind turbine foundation with weight control functionality using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) then structural analyses have been also conducted to investigate the structural design requirement.

• The KSFM Journal of Fluid Machinery
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• v.19 no.6
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• pp.14-18
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• 2016

Multi-MW wind turbines have very large blades over 40~50 m in length. Some factors like wind shear and tower shadow make an effect on asymmetric loads on the blades. Larger asymmetric loads are produced as the length of blade is getting longer. In this paper, a 2 MW on-shore wind turbine is considered and variations of thrust on 3 blades and rotor hub under wind shear are calculated by using a commercial Bladed S/W and dynamic properties of the thrust variations are investigated. It is shown that the amplitude of the asymmetric thrust on each blade under wind shear is getting larger as the wind speed increases, the frequency of the thrust variation on each blade is same as the one of rotor speed, and the frequency of the thrust variation at rotor hub is 3 times as high as the one of rotor speed.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.40 no.4
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• pp.407-414
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• 2016

As wind turbines are getting larger in size with multi-MW capacity, the blades are getting longer, over 40 m, and hence the asymmetric loads produced during the rotation of the rotor blades are increasing. Some factors such as wind shear, tower shadow, and turbulence have an effect on the asymmetric loads on the blades. This paper focuses on a method of modeling the dynamic load acting on a blade because of thrust variation under wind shear. A method that uses thrust coefficient is presented. For this purpose, "wind shear coefficient of thrust variation" is defined and introduced. Further, we calculate the values of the "wind shear coefficient of thrust variation" for a 2 MW on-shore wind turbine, and analyze them for speeds below the rated wind speed. Then, we implement a dynamic model that represents the thrust variation under wind shear on a blade, using MATLAB/Simulink. It is shown that it is possible to express thrust variations on three blades under wind shear by using both thrust coefficient and "wind shear coefficient of thrust variation."