Shueei-Muh Lin1, Sen-Yung Lee2, Yu-Sheng Lin3
CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.23, No.3, pp. 175-186, 2008, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2008.023.175
Abstract The blade of a horizontal-axis wind power turbine is modeled as a rotating beam with pre-cone angles and setting angles. Based on the Bernoulli-Euler beam theory, without considering the axial extension deformation and the Coriolis forces effect, the governing differential equations for the bending vibration of the beam are derived. It is pointed out that if the geometric and the material properties of the beam are in polynomial forms, then the exact solution for the system can be obtained. Based on the frequency relations as revealed, without tedious numerical analysis, one can reach many general More >