Keywords

high fidelity wind turbine design, CFD, adjoint, aerostructural, MDO, blade design, rotor

Abstract

s demand grows for wind turbines with larger blades, the design of future wind turbines must account for multi-physical interactions and an ever-increasing number of design load conditions. One aspect, aerostructural coupling, calls for design tools that are both accurate and computationally efficient. In this paper, we present a combined-fidelity approach that couples high-fidelity computational fluid dynamics and computational solid mechanics simulations, with a conventional aeroelastic turbine modeling tool based on blade element momentum and beam theories. The approach is integrated into a multidisciplinary optimization framework. It takes advantage of the high-fidelity tightly-coupled aerostructural simulations to evaluate the rotor power production and uses conventional unsteady simulations to add structural sizing constraints. We show that the overall method is effective to obtain improved optimal designs that are resistant to extreme and fatigue loads. Finally, we discuss the computational cost and benefits of the proposed approach for the design of wind turbine rotors.

Original Publication Citation

Caprace, D.G., Cardoza, A., Ning, A., Mangano, M., He, S., and Martins, J. R. R. A., “Incorporating High-Fidelity Aerostructural Analyses in Wind Turbine Rotor Optimization,” AIAA SCITECH 2022 Forum, San Diego, CA, Jan. 2022. doi:10.2514/6.2022-1290

Document Type

Conference Paper

Publication Date

2022-1

Permanent URL

http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/8556

Publisher

AIAA

Language

English

College

Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering

Department

Mechanical Engineering

University Standing at Time of Publication

Associate Professor

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