Superelement-based acceleration of finite-element simulations of wind turbine rotors

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Autoren

  • Florian Schleich
  • Zijian Chen
  • Matthis Graßmann
  • Claudio Balzani
  • Matthias Stammler

Externe Organisationen

  • Fraunhofer-Institut für Windenergiesysteme (IWES)
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OriginalspracheEnglisch
Aufsatznummer052029
Seitenumfang10
FachzeitschriftJournal of Physics: Conference Series
Jahrgang2767
Ausgabenummer5
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 2024
VeranstaltungScience of Making Torque from Wind, TORQUE 2024 - Florence, Italien
Dauer: 29 Mai 202431 Mai 2024

Abstract

Large numbers of wind turbine rotor finite-element simulations are required for blade bearing raceway and ring fatigue calculations. Finite-element rotor models come along with a complex nonlinear model behaviour and a high number of degrees of freedom due to the necessity of considering the blade bearing's surrounding structures. For that reason, accelerating such simulations is of particular interest for the iterative design process. This study focuses on different superelement configurations for the rotor model of the IWT 7.5-164 reference turbine. The blade bearing's resulting contact forces and contact angles are analysed for 18 load steps throughout an exemplary rotor rotation and the respective model results are compared to each other. The results show that implementing superelements in the rotor model significantly increases the computational efficiency with an acceptable loss of accuracy in terms of the blade bearing's internal loads. Furthermore, it is shown that such models outperform the acceleration and especially accuracy achieved by the usage of a one-third rotor model.

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  • TECHNISCHE WISSENSCHAFTEN
  • Maschinenbau
  • Maschinenbau
  • Maschinenbau

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Superelement-based acceleration of finite-element simulations of wind turbine rotors. / Schleich, Florian; Chen, Zijian; Graßmann, Matthis et al.
in: Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Jahrgang 2767, Nr. 5, 052029, 2024.

Publikation: Beitrag in FachzeitschriftKonferenzaufsatz in FachzeitschriftForschungPeer-Review

Schleich, F, Chen, Z, Graßmann, M, Balzani, C & Stammler, M 2024, 'Superelement-based acceleration of finite-element simulations of wind turbine rotors', Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Jg. 2767, Nr. 5, 052029. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2767/5/052029
Schleich, F., Chen, Z., Graßmann, M., Balzani, C., & Stammler, M. (2024). Superelement-based acceleration of finite-element simulations of wind turbine rotors. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2767(5), Artikel 052029. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2767/5/052029
Schleich F, Chen Z, Graßmann M, Balzani C, Stammler M. Superelement-based acceleration of finite-element simulations of wind turbine rotors. Journal of Physics: Conference Series. 2024;2767(5):052029. doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/2767/5/052029
Schleich, Florian ; Chen, Zijian ; Graßmann, Matthis et al. / Superelement-based acceleration of finite-element simulations of wind turbine rotors. in: Journal of Physics: Conference Series. 2024 ; Jahrgang 2767, Nr. 5.
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