A finite element method to study multimaterial wind towers

Pascoal-Faria, P.; Dias, C.; Oliveira, M; Alves, N.

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Wind towers are used to produce electrical energy from the wind. A significant number of towers is manufactured using tubular separately steel or concrete, having limitations such as maximum diameter and height imposed essentially by transportation limitations. Developed computational studies on structural design of towers have been mainly focused on a single material. This investigation aims to develop a finite element method able to study structural design of wind towers combining different materials. The finite element model combines solid and shell elements encompassing different geometries. Several case studies are considered to validate the proposed method and accurate results are obtained.

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Electrical energy Finite-element analysis

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http://hdl.handle.net/10400.8/13531

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P. Pascoal-Faria, C. Dias, M. Oliveira, N. Alves; A finite element method to study multimaterial wind towers. AIP Conf. Proc. 21 July 2017; 1863 (1): 520002. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4992666