ALE-VMS and ST-VMS methods for computer modeling of wind-turbine rotor aerodynamics and fluid-structure interaction

Yuri Bazilevs; Ming Chen Hsu; Kenji Takizawa; Tayfun E. Tezduyar

doi:10.1142/S0218202512300025

ALE-VMS and ST-VMS methods for computer modeling of wind-turbine rotor aerodynamics and fluid-structure interaction

Yuri Bazilevs^*, Ming Chen Hsu, Kenji Takizawa, Tayfun E. Tezduyar

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Abstract

We provide an overview of the Arbitrary LagrangianEulerian Variational Multiscale (ALE-VMS) and SpaceTime Variational Multiscale (ST-VMS) methods we have developed for computer modeling of wind-turbine rotor aerodynamics and fluidstructure interaction (FSI). The related techniques described include weak enforcement of the essential boundary conditions, KirchhoffLove shell modeling of the rotor-blade structure, NURBS-based isogeometric analysis, and full FSI coupling. We present results from application of these methods to computer modeling of NREL 5MW and NREL Phase VI wind-turbine rotors at full scale, including comparison with experimental data.

Original language	English
Article number	1230002
Journal	Mathematical Models and Methods in Applied Sciences
Volume	22
Issue number	SUPPL.2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1142/S0218202512300025
Publication status	Published - 2012 Aug

Keywords

ALE-VMS method
DSD/SST formulation
DSD/SST-VMST formulation
NREL 5MW offshore wind turbine
NREL Phase VI wind turbine
NURBS
ST-VMS method
blade pre-bending
finite elements
fluidstructure interaction
isogeometric analysis
rotation-free shells
weak enforcement of essential boundary conditions
wind-turbine rotor

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Modelling and Simulation
Applied Mathematics

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