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Structures subjected to cyclic loads show alternative tension–compression stress states; in such a case,  even if certain damage (fracture) is reached during the tension cycle, the computational model of the structure should maintain its capacity to withstand subsequent [...]

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This article aims to obtain the dynamic elastic analysis of a steel tube tower for horizontal axis wind turbine using finite elements of bar (own code) and finite elements of bark and solids (modeling in ANSYS). For this, a theoretical foundation is presented that consists in the [...]

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To address the fatigue damage induced by wind on the wind turbine tower, the present work introduces a novel probabilistic fatigue assessment framework. The idea is based on the deterministic fatigue approach combining with various statistical and probabilistic techniques. The proposed [...]