Wind Turbine Modelling |
 
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Wind Turbine Modelling |
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Further information on this topic is contained in the following sections:
•Development Strategy outlines the rationale behind the decision to couple Flexcom with an established third-party aerodynamic solver (OpenFAST).
•Software Architecture provides more details regarding how Flexcom is coupled with the modules of OpenFAST.
•Model Building outlines a typical series of steps to follow when building a model of floating wind turbine.
•Dynamic Simulations provides guidelines regarding how to perform dynamic simulations.
•Extraction of Results explains how to extract relevant results via post-processing.
•Computational Methodology describes the computation of the primary load components in a wind turbine simulation, namely aerodynamic loads on the turbine blades and supporting tower, hydrodynamic loads on the floating platform, and structural and hydrodynamic loads imparted by the mooring lines. It also discusses how coupling between the structural and aerodynamic models is achieved, and contains several helpful sub-articles:
▪Turbine Geometry & Aerodynamic Coordinate Systems
•Software Modelling Limitations briefly outlines a number of limitations associated the modelling capability as it currently stands.
•Validation briefly outlines some test cases which were used to validate the software.