Prediction of wind-turbine fatigue loads in forest regions based on turbulent LES inflow fields
Journal article, 2017
Large-eddy simulations (LES) were used to predict the neutral atmospheric boundary layer over a sparse and a dense forest, as well as over grass-covered flat terrain. The forest is explicitly represented in the simulations through momentum sink terms. Turbulence data extracted from the LES served then as inflow turbulence for the simulation of the dynamic structural response of a generic wind turbine. In this way, the impact of forest density, wind speed and wind-turbine hub height on the wind-turbine fatigue loads was studied. Results show for example significantly increased equivalent fatigue loads above the two forests. Moreover, a comparison between LES turbulence and synthetically generated turbulence in terms of load predictions was made and revealed that synthetic turbulence was able to excite the same spectral peaks as LES turbulence but lead to consistently lower equivalent fatigue loads. Copyright (c) 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
large-eddy simulation
model
p91
Engineering
wind turbine
parameters
Energy & Fuels
journal of the atmospheric sciences
resolution
statistics
fatigue loads
large-eddy simulation
foliar density
forest canopy
v29
ardorff jw
tensor
atmospheric boundary-layer
atmospheric turbulence
1972
canopy flow
complex terrain
Author
Bastian Nebenführ
Swedish Wind Power Technology Center (SWPTC)
Chalmers, Applied Mechanics, Fluid Dynamics
Lars Davidson
Swedish Wind Power Technology Center (SWPTC)
Chalmers, Applied Mechanics
Chalmers, Applied Mechanics, Fluid Dynamics
Wind Energy
1095-4244 (ISSN) 1099-1824 (eISSN)
Vol. 20 6 1003-1015Driving Forces
Sustainable development
Areas of Advance
Building Futures (2010-2018)
Energy
Subject Categories
Energy Engineering
Environmental Engineering
Other Environmental Engineering
DOI
10.1002/we.2076