%0 Journal Article %A L. Hermanns and M.A. Santoyo and L. E. QuirĂ³s and J. Vega and J. M. Gaspar-Escribano and B. Benito %D 2011 %J International Journal of Geological and Environmental Engineering %B World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology %I Open Science Index 59, 2011 %T Dynamic Response of Wind Turbines to Theoretical 3D Seismic Motions Taking into Account the Rotational Component %U https://publications.waset.org/pdf/12959 %V 59 %X We study the dynamic response of a wind turbine structure subjected to theoretical seismic motions, taking into account the rotational component of ground shaking. Models are generated for a shallow moderate crustal earthquake in the Madrid Region (Spain). Synthetic translational and rotational time histories are computed using the Discrete Wavenumber Method, assuming a point source and a horizontal layered earth structure. These are used to analyze the dynamic response of a wind turbine, represented by a simple finite element model. Von Mises stress values at different heights of the tower are used to study the dynamical structural response to a set of synthetic ground motion time histories %P 650 - 653