Enhancing aeroelastic model of wind turbines by including dynamic stall prediction schemes

• Grant number: 15/10278-1
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: December 07, 2015
• End date: February 07, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Aerospace Engineering - Aerospace Structures
• Principal Investigator: Flávio Donizeti Marques
• Grantee: Carlos Renan dos Santos
• Supervisor: Muhammad Ramiz Hajj
• Host Institution: Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos (EESC). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Carlos , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, United States
• Associated to the scholarship: 14/21166-7 - Aeroelastic rotor model for wind power generator, BP.IC

Abstract

The present research project proposes the development of a computational wind turbine aeroelastic model where the aerodynamic model accounts for the nonlinear effects of flow separation and dynamic stall. By doing so, this work complements the development of an aeroelastic model in the original process (FAPESP process 2014/21166-7 - scientific initiation grant), where unsteady vortex lattice method (UVLM) is used. Modifications to the UVLM are planned in order to correct the predicted potential loads to nonlinear behavior associated to flow separation and stall. (AU)