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A New Zero Waste Design for a Manufacturing Approach for Direct-Drive Wind Turbine Electrical Generator Structural Components (2024)
Journal Article
Gonzalez-Delgado, D., Jaen-Sola, P., & Oterkus, E. (2024). A New Zero Waste Design for a Manufacturing Approach for Direct-Drive Wind Turbine Electrical Generator Structural Components. Machines, 12(9), Article 643. https://doi.org/10.3390/machines12090643

An integrated structural optimization strategy was produced in this study for direct-drive electrical generator structures of offshore wind turbines, implementing a design for an additive manufacturing approach, and using generative design techniques... Read More about A New Zero Waste Design for a Manufacturing Approach for Direct-Drive Wind Turbine Electrical Generator Structural Components.

A Generative Design Approach for the Dynamic Optimisation of Multi-MW Offshore Direct-Drive Wind Turbine Electrical Generator Supporting Structures Using Modal Analysis (2024)
Journal Article
Gonzalez-Delgado, D., Jaen-Sola, P., & Oterkus, E. (2024). A Generative Design Approach for the Dynamic Optimisation of Multi-MW Offshore Direct-Drive Wind Turbine Electrical Generator Supporting Structures Using Modal Analysis. Wind, 4(2), 172-189. https://doi.org/10.3390/wind4020009

Generative design techniques together with the rapid development of additive manufacturing represent a revolution in the field of structural optimisation processes. In this study, a static structural and modal analysis was integrated to drive a multi... Read More about A Generative Design Approach for the Dynamic Optimisation of Multi-MW Offshore Direct-Drive Wind Turbine Electrical Generator Supporting Structures Using Modal Analysis.

On the Integrity of Large-Scale Direct-Drive Wind Turbine Electrical Generator Structures: An Integrated Design Methodology for Optimisation, Considering Thermal Loads and Novel Techniques (2024)
Journal Article
Bichan, M., Jaen-Sola, P., Gonzalez-Delgado, D., & Oterkus, E. (2024). On the Integrity of Large-Scale Direct-Drive Wind Turbine Electrical Generator Structures: An Integrated Design Methodology for Optimisation, Considering Thermal Loads and Novel Techniques. Machines, 12(4), Article 277. https://doi.org/10.3390/machines12040277

With the rapid expansion of offshore wind capacity worldwide, minimising operation and maintenance requirements is pivotal. Regarded as a low-maintenance alternative to conventional drivetrain systems, direct-drive generators are increasingly commonp... Read More about On the Integrity of Large-Scale Direct-Drive Wind Turbine Electrical Generator Structures: An Integrated Design Methodology for Optimisation, Considering Thermal Loads and Novel Techniques.

A Stiffness Approach for Coupling Structural and Magnetic Models for the Sustainable Design, Optimisation and Real-Time Structural Integrity Assessment of Radial Flux Permanent Magnet Generators for Direct-Drive Wind Turbines (2024)
Journal Article
McDonald, A., & Jaen-Sola, P. (2024). A Stiffness Approach for Coupling Structural and Magnetic Models for the Sustainable Design, Optimisation and Real-Time Structural Integrity Assessment of Radial Flux Permanent Magnet Generators for Direct-Drive Wind Turbines. Sustainability, 16(6), Article 2393. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16062393

The mass of a direct-drive generator is often defined by the requirements for structural stiffness to meet the magnetic stiffness between the rotor and stator surfaces. This paper analyses this magnetic stiffness and estimates the structural stiffnes... Read More about A Stiffness Approach for Coupling Structural and Magnetic Models for the Sustainable Design, Optimisation and Real-Time Structural Integrity Assessment of Radial Flux Permanent Magnet Generators for Direct-Drive Wind Turbines.

A Stiffness Approach for Coupling Structural and Magnetic Models for the Design and Optimization of Radial Flux PM Generators for Sustainable Direct-Drive Wind Turbines (2024)
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McDonald, A., & Jaen-Sola, P. A Stiffness Approach for Coupling Structural and Magnetic Models for the Design and Optimization of Radial Flux PM Generators for Sustainable Direct-Drive Wind Turbines

The mass of a direct-drive generator is often defined by the requirements for structural stiffness to meet the magnetic stiffness between the rotor and stator surfaces. This paper analyses this magnetic stiffness and estimates the structural stiffnes... Read More about A Stiffness Approach for Coupling Structural and Magnetic Models for the Design and Optimization of Radial Flux PM Generators for Sustainable Direct-Drive Wind Turbines.

An Efficient Computational Analysis and Modelling of Transferred Aerodynamic Loading on Direct-Drive System of 5 MW Wind Turbine and Results Driven Optimisation for a Sustainable Generator Structure (2024)
Journal Article
Szatkowski, S., Jaen-Sola, P., & Oterkus, E. (in press). An Efficient Computational Analysis and Modelling of Transferred Aerodynamic Loading on Direct-Drive System of 5 MW Wind Turbine and Results Driven Optimisation for a Sustainable Generator Structure. Sustainability, 16(2), Article 545. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16020545

The study presents an efficient computational investigation on the behaviour of the direct-drive system integrated into the offshore 5 MW NREL wind turbine model under demanding aerodynamic loading conditions with the aim of optimising and developing... Read More about An Efficient Computational Analysis and Modelling of Transferred Aerodynamic Loading on Direct-Drive System of 5 MW Wind Turbine and Results Driven Optimisation for a Sustainable Generator Structure.