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<xml><records><record><source-app name="Bibcite" version="8.x">Drupal-Bibcite</source-app><ref-type>47</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Abhinay Goga</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Prof. Dr. Clemens Jauch</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Alexander Lippke</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Andreas Gagel</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Fatigue Life Evaluation of a Wind Turbine Tower with a Hydraulic-Pneumatic Flywheel System in the Rotor</style></title></titles><keywords><keyword><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Variable inertia flywheel</style></keyword><keyword><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Fatigue life</style></keyword><keyword><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Wind turbine tower</style></keyword><keyword><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Load simulations</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2026</style></year><pub-dates><date><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">05/2026</style></date></pub-dates></dates><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">TORQUE Conference 2026</style></secondary-title><urls><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/3224/9/092001</style></urls><keyword><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%"/></keyword><electronic-resource-num><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">10.1088/1742-6596/3224/9/092001</style></electronic-resource-num><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;This study investigates the effectiveness of a hydraulic-pneumatic flywheel system integrated into the rotor of a wind turbine for structural load reduction. The analysis uses the state-of-the-art aeroelastic simulation tools OpenFAST and HAWC2, coupled with a novel Simulink based flywheel and control model, to evaluate fatigue loads mitigation abilities of the flywheel. Fatigue load simulations are performed for cases with and without the flywheel system, with a specific focus on the fatigue life of the tower. The findings indicate that different flywheel control functionalities exhibit varying levels of influence on tower fatigue loading in both simulation environments. A fatigue-life extension of up to 20% is achieved, demonstrating the potential of flywheel control strategies for structural load mitigation.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">IOP: Journal of Physics</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bruges, Belgium</style></pub-location></record></records></xml>
