HI,
I am doing a project where i need to provide to do the structural anlysis of a wind turbine tower. For this purpose, I calculated the thrust force using the actuator disk theory. The problem with this is it provides me a huge point load of 800 kN. and when i apply this load on the tower it...
Hi,
I was working on preloaded flange connections of wind turbine towers, trying to model them in abaqus. I need the axial and the shear stiffnesses of the joint. For the shear its the Huths formula that I am thinking of using. But I dont understand what is the effect of number of bolts on this...
Hi,
I am trying to simulate the Preloaded flange bolted connection similar to the one in wind turbine towers. I am using the cohesive behavior to model the surface to surface contact where I need to provide knn, kss and ktt for the cohesive behavior.
I have tried reading the abaqus manual for...
Hi all,
I am trying to model a wind turbine tower. I was successful in modelling the geometry and thickness but I am stuck when it comes to connections which are flange-bolt type. I can simplify my problem by totally eliminating the need to model the flange and bolt and use the tie constraint to...
