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Photovoltaic bracket vibrates in the wind
Researchers from the UAE and Singapore have assessed how wind-induced vibrations increase mechanical stress in PV panels and have found these vibrations could lead to microcracks, more serious mechanical failures, misalignments, and ultimately to the system collapse. . This has led to the widespread development of photovoltaic (PV) power generation systems. PV supports, which support PV power generation systems, are extremely vulnerable to wind loads. For sustainable development, corresponding wind load research should be carried out on PV supports. (2) Methods:. . To investigate the wind-induced vibration characteristics of photovoltaic array tracking supports, this study uses the harmonic superposition method to simulate pulsating wind time series and, combined with fluid–structure coupling technology, analyzes the wind pressure distribution and the. . Most existing aeroelastic wind tunnel tests on flexible photovoltaic (PV) support structures focus on single support forms, lacking comparisons of wind-induced vibration responses between different support types and multi-zone/multi-point refined analyses. Representative units and nodes were selected to analyze internal force response, displacement response, and acceleration. . The wind vibration coefficients in different zones under the wind pressure or wind suction are mostly between 2.
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