Table 2 Similarity coefficients for the test model.
From: Seismic behaviour analysis of a wind turbine tower affected by sea ice based on a simplified model
Physical quantity | Dimension | Similarity coefficient |
|---|---|---|
Length | L | \(\lambda_{l}\) = 0.02 |
Displacement | L | \(\lambda_{u}\) = \(\lambda_{l}\) = 0.02 |
Area | L2 | \(\lambda_{A} = \lambda_{l}^{2}\) = 0.0004 |
Elasticity modulus | FL−2 | \(\lambda_{E}\) = 6.2 |
Stress | FL−2 | \(\lambda_{\sigma }\) = \(\lambda_{E}\) = 6.2 |
Strain | / | \(\lambda_{\varepsilon }\) = \(\lambda_{\sigma }\)/\(\lambda_{E}\) = 1 |
Density | FL−4T2 | \(\lambda_{\rho }\) = 3.12 |
Time | T | \(\lambda_{t} = \lambda_{l} \sqrt {\lambda_{\rho } /\lambda_{E} }\) = 0.030 |
Acceleration | LT−2 | \(\lambda_{a}\) = 0.41 |
