In wind turbine blade modeling, the coupling between rotor rotational motion and blade vibration has not been thoroughly investigated. The inclusion of the coupling terms in the wind turbine dynamics equations helps us understand the phenomenon of rotor oscillation due to blade vibration and possibly diagnose faults. In this study, a dynamics model of a rotor-blade system for a horizontal axis wind turbine (HAWT), which describes the coupling terms between the blade elastic movement and rotor gross rotation, is developed. The model is developed by using Lagrange's approach and the finite-element method has been adopted to discretize the blade. This model captures two-way interactions between aerodynamic wind flow and structural response. On the aerodynamic side, both steady and unsteady wind flow conditions are considered. On the structural side, blades are considered to deflect in both flap and edge directions while the rotor is treated as a rigid body. The proposed model is cross-validated against a model developed in the simulation software fatigue, aerodynamics, structure, and turbulence (fast). The coupling effects are excluded during the comparison since fast does not include these terms. Once verified, we added coupling terms to our model to investigate the effects of blade vibration on rotor movement, which has direct influence on the generator behavior. It is illustrated that the inclusion of coupling effects can increase the sensitivity of blade fault detection methods. The proposed model can be used to investigate the effects of different terms as well as analyze fluid–structure interaction.
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October 2017
Research-Article
Modeling of a Wind Turbine Rotor Blade System
Dayuan Ju,
Dayuan Ju
Department of Mechanical and
Manufacturing Engineering,
University of Calgary,
2500 University Drive NW,
Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada
e-mail: dju@ucalgary.ca
Manufacturing Engineering,
University of Calgary,
2500 University Drive NW,
Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada
e-mail: dju@ucalgary.ca
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Qiao Sun
Qiao Sun
Department of Mechanical and
Manufacturing Engineering,
University of Calgary,
2500 University Drive NW,
Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada
e-mail: qsun@ucalgary.ca
Manufacturing Engineering,
University of Calgary,
2500 University Drive NW,
Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada
e-mail: qsun@ucalgary.ca
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Dayuan Ju
Department of Mechanical and
Manufacturing Engineering,
University of Calgary,
2500 University Drive NW,
Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada
e-mail: dju@ucalgary.ca
Manufacturing Engineering,
University of Calgary,
2500 University Drive NW,
Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada
e-mail: dju@ucalgary.ca
Qiao Sun
Department of Mechanical and
Manufacturing Engineering,
University of Calgary,
2500 University Drive NW,
Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada
e-mail: qsun@ucalgary.ca
Manufacturing Engineering,
University of Calgary,
2500 University Drive NW,
Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada
e-mail: qsun@ucalgary.ca
1Corresponding author.
Contributed by the Technical Committee on Vibration and Sound of ASME for publication in the JOURNAL OF VIBRATION AND ACOUSTICS. Manuscript received November 5, 2016; final manuscript received April 18, 2017; published online July 13, 2017. Assoc. Editor: John Yu.
J. Vib. Acoust. Oct 2017, 139(5): 051013 (15 pages)
Published Online: July 13, 2017
Article history
Received:
November 5, 2016
Revised:
April 18, 2017
Citation
Ju, D., and Sun, Q. (July 13, 2017). "Modeling of a Wind Turbine Rotor Blade System." ASME. J. Vib. Acoust. October 2017; 139(5): 051013. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4036633
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