Load Distribution Optimization Method for Fatigue Test of Full-scale Structure of Biaxial Resonant Wind Turbine Blade

Abstract

Wind turbine blade is the key component of wind turbine to realize wind energy capture, so it is necessary to verify the rationality of blade structure design through full-scale structural fatigue test. In order to improve the test accuracy and efficiency, this paper proposes to establish the dynamic analysis model of the multi-degree of freedom system of the tested blade by using the finite beam element to realize the calculation method of the load amplitude of the biaxial fatigue test and integrate the dynamic analysis model and the target load calculation method into the particle swarm optimization algorithm to realize the optimization of the load distribution of the biaxial resonant full-size structure fatigue test. Through the design of a biaxial resonant loading scheme of 2.5MW-52.5m wind turbine blades, the results show that this method can quickly and accurately adjust the optimization parameters such as the position of the exciter and the motion quality of the exciter in the flapwise and edgewise on the premise that the fatigue cumulative damage caused by the test load is not less than the cumulative damage of the target load.

Design and characteristic analysis of a two-degree-of-freedom fatigue loading system for wind turbine blades

“…As the key component of the wind turbine, the fatigue performance test of the blade is a necessary link to put into use. The loading mode of two degrees of freedom is closer to the actual wind load generation mode, which can shorten the time of fatigue test [1,2] . Therefore, the fatigue loading of two degrees of freedom has become the development direction of wind turbine blade detection technology.…”