Inerter-based structural vibration control: A state-of-the-art review

R Ma, K Bi, H Hao - Engineering Structures, 2021 - Elsevier
Structural vibration control has received considerable research attentions in the past few
decades, with special emphasis on develo** effective, affordable and applicable control …

Considerations on environmental, economic, and energy impacts of wind energy generation: Projections towards sustainability initiatives

G Msigwa, JO Ighalo, PS Yap - Science of The Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
The energy sector contributes significantly to the emission of greenhouse gases (GHGs) due
to the use of fossil fuels which leads to climate change problems. Worldwide, there is a shift …

Review of control technologies for floating offshore wind turbines

J López-Queija, E Robles, J Jugo… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Floating offshore wind growth places the industry development close to commercial scale.
However, the harsh environment with strong winds, waves, and currents, together with the …

Multiple hazards vibration control of jacket offshore wind turbines equipped with amplifying dam** transfer systems: Winds, waves, and earthquakes

M Wang, WQ Zhang, PG Wang, XL Du - Ocean Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper investigated the vibration control problem of jacket offshore wind turbines
(JOWTs) caused by multi-hazards including winds, waves, and earthquakes through …

Tradeoff analysis of the energy-harvesting vehicle suspension system employing inerter element

X Yang, T Zhang, Y Shen, Y Liu, VC Bui, D Qiu - Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper explores the vibration isolation performance and vibration energy recovery
performance of an energy-harvesting vehicle suspension system employing inerter element …

Vibration mitigation in offshore wind turbine under combined wind-wave-earthquake loads using the tuned mass damper inerter

T Zhang, W Wang, X Li, B Wang - Renewable Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
This study proposes the application of a tuned mass damper inerter (TMDI) to mitigate
vibrations in offshore wind turbines (OWTs) under combined wind-wave-earthquake loads …

[HTML][HTML] Fluid inerter for optimal vibration control of floating offshore wind turbine towers

S Sarkar, B Fitzgerald - Engineering Structures, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper proposes the use of a tuned mass damper fluid-inerter (TMDFI) for vibration
control of spar-type floating offshore wind turbine towers. The use of an inerter in parallel …

[HTML][HTML] Enhancing the reliability of floating offshore wind turbine towers subjected to misaligned wind-wave loading using tuned mass damper inerters (TMDIs)

B Fitzgerald, J McAuliffe, S Baisthakur, S Sarkar - Renewable Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Floating offshore wind turbines (FOWTs) are the largest rotating structures on the earth.
Dynamically sensitive structures such as these must be protected in these environments to …

Analytical optimal design of inerter-based vibration absorbers with negative stiffness balancing static amplification and dynamic reduction effects

N Su, J Bian, S Peng, Z Chen, Y **a - Mechanical Systems and Signal …, 2023 - Elsevier
Negative stiffness (NS) is effective to enhance the control performance of dynamic vibration
absorbers (DVAs) on dynamic excitations. Traditional optimal design of NS-DVAs is based …

Tuned mass-damper-inerter (TMDI) for suppressing edgewise vibrations of wind turbine blades

Z Zhang, B Fitzgerald - Engineering Structures, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper proposes the use of a tuned mass-damper-inerter (TMDI) for the mitigation of
edgewise blade vibrations in wind turbines. The hollow nature of the wind turbine blades is …