Efficient meshing of a wind turbine blade using force adaptive mesh sizing functions

Maheri, Alireza, Noroozi, Siamak, Toomer, Chris and Vinney, John (2007) Efficient meshing of a wind turbine blade using force adaptive mesh sizing functions. Renewable Energy, 32 (1). pp. 95-104. ISSN 0960-1481

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Abstract

This paper describes mesh sizing functions for discretization of a wind turbine blade as a shell structure. Two different functions, one along the blade span and the other chord-wise, are presented. The effect of the magnitude of the aerodynamic force has been considered in a span-wise mesh sizing function to obtain a force-adaptive mesh generator, applicable when the blade needs to be analysed as a part of an aero-structure problem. The direction of the aerodynamic force has been considered in the chord-wise mesh sizing function to improve the mesh efficiency. Results show a large improvement in the rate of convergence when the direction of the external force contributes towards the chord-wise mesh size.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	shells, aerodynamics
Subjects:	H300 Mechanical Engineering H400 Aerospace Engineering
Department:	Faculties > Engineering and Environment > Mechanical and Construction Engineering
Depositing User:	Sarah Howells
Date Deposited:	14 Nov 2012 15:39
Last Modified:	13 Oct 2019 00:24
URI:	http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/10267

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