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US 8,938,933 B2Granted
Wall section for a wind turbine tower and wind turbine tower
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsAbderrahim Amdaa, Jan Jacobsen, Steen Kirkegaard Jensen
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Abstract
A wall section for a tower of a wind turbine is provided. The wall section includes an inner edge surrounding an opening of the wall section and a protrusion protruding in a thickness direction of the wall section and extending transverse to the thickness direction. Further a wind turbine tower is provided. The wind turbine tower includes a tower wall portion and a wall section as described above. The wall section is connected to the tower wall portion at least at a portion of an outer edge of the wall section.
Claims15
A wind turbine tower, comprising:
- a tower wall portion;
- and
- a wall section comprising
- an inner edge surrounding an opening of the wall section, the inner edge including an inner top edge and an inner bottom edge;
- an outer edge including a top edge portion, a bottom edge portion, a first side edge portion and a second side edge portion;
- and
- a plurality of protrusions each protruding in a thickness direction of the wall section and extending transverse to the thickness direction, the plurality of protrusion includes a first protrusion and a second protrusion,
- wherein the first protrusion extends longitudinally and is arranged between the top edge portion and the inner to edge such that the first protrusion is above the opening,
- wherein the second protrusion extends longitudinally and is arranged between the bottom edge portion and the inner bottom edge such that the second protrusion is below the opening, and
- wherein each of the plurality of protrusions is adapted to compensate for a reduction of a stiffness in the wall section due to the opening in the wall section,
- wherein the wall section is connected to the tower wall portion at least at a portion of an outer edge of the wall section.
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