Chen, C;
Duffour, P;
Fromme, P;
(2020)
Modelling wind turbine tower-rotor interaction through an aerodynamic damping matrix.
Journal of Sound and Vibration
, 489
, Article 115667. 10.1016/j.jsv.2020.115667.
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Abstract
Current wind turbine modelling packages mainly adopt a complex methodology in which aerodynamic forces are coupled with the motion of the wind turbine components at every time step. This can result in long simulation run times, detrimental for the large number of simulations required for fatigue or reliability analyses. This contribution presents an efficient wind turbine modelling methodology based on blade element momentum theory and a linearization of the aerodynamic forces. This allows the wind-rotor interaction to be reduced to static forces applied at the tower top, with additional terms proportional to the tower velocities expressed as an aerodynamic damping matrix. This aerodynamic model was implemented as part of a finite element model of the tower and was successfully verified against the fully-coupled modelling package FAST. The damping matrix components explain key features of the coupling between fore-aft and side-side vibrations of the wind turbine. This coupling causes energy transfers between the two directions, complicating aerodynamic damping identification. The aerodynamic damping matrix offers novel insights and an efficient method to describe the aerodynamic damping of wind turbines.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Modelling wind turbine tower-rotor interaction through an aerodynamic damping matrix |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jsv.2020.115667 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsv.2020.115667 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher's terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Aerodynamic damping, Operating wind turbine, Aerodynamic coupling, Blade element momentum theory |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Chemical Engineering UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Civil, Environ and Geomatic Eng UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Mechanical Engineering |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10109073 |
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