Title:
構造タワー
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2008540918
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
A structural tower having a space frame construction for high elevation and heavy load applications is disclosed, with particular application directed to wind turbines. The structural tower includes damping or non-damping struts in the longitudinal, diagonal or horizontal members of the space frame. One or more damping struts in the structural tower damp resonant vibrations or vibrations generated by non-periodic wind gusts or sustained high wind speeds. The various longitudinal and diagonal members of the structural tower may be secured by pins, bolts, flanges or welds at corresponding longitudinal or diagonal joints of the space frame.
Inventors:
Livingstone, Tracy
Andersen, Todd
Andersen, Todd
Application Number:
JP2008511391A
Publication Date:
November 20, 2008
Filing Date:
May 12, 2006
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Livingstone, Tracy
Andersen, Todd
Andersen, Todd
International Classes:
F03D11/04; E04H9/14; E04H12/00; E04H12/10; F03D1/00
Domestic Patent References:
| JP2002061564A | 2002-02-28 | |||
| JPH0626237A | 1994-02-01 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
▲吉▼川 俊雄