A Study of The Critical Buckling Load of The Hydraulic Cylinders under the Effect of Static Loads from Wind Turbine Tower by Finite Element Method

Abstract

The installation of a wind turbine tower can use hydraulic cylinders to facilitate installation and maintenance according to the lifecycle. The critical load due to static load from the wind turbine tower directly affects the buckling of hydraulic cylinders. To study the buckling of the hydraulic cylinders, which are applied by dead load from the wind turbine tower during operation can be studied from the relevant theory and the buckling that was analyzed by the Finite Element Method through ANSYS®. This study found that when the length of the hydraulic cylinders is increased, the buckling stress of the cylinders is decreased accordingly.