Modeling wind turbine blades by geometrically-exact beam and shell elements: A comparative approach
| Autor: | Celso Jaco Faccio Júnior, Ana Carolina Pegoraro Cardozo, Valdemar Monteiro Júnior, Alfredo Gay Neto |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Turbine blade
business.industry Computer science 0211 other engineering and technologies Shell (structure) 020101 civil engineering Context (language use) 02 engineering and technology Structural engineering Finite element method 0201 civil engineering law.invention Physics::Fluid Dynamics Buckling law 021105 building & construction Trailing edge business Statics Beam (structure) Civil and Structural Engineering |
| Zdroj: | Engineering Structures. 180:357-378 |
| ISSN: | 0141-0296 |
| Popis: | Novel designs of wind turbine blades may lead to very flexible structures experiencing large deformation not only in extreme events but also on operational conditions. In this context, this work aims to compare two geometrically nonlinear structural modeling approaches that handle large deformation of blade structures: 3D geometrically-exact beam and shell finite element models. Specifically, the focus is on studying the accuracy limits of the beam model when compared to the shell model in scenarios of large deformations. Regarding the beam model, due to geometric complexity of typical cross-sections of wind turbine blades, a theory is adopted that allows for the creation of arbitrary multicellular cross-sections. Two simplified blade geometries are considered, and comparisons between the models are made in statics and dynamics. Results showed that the beam and shell models present very similar global behavior. Locally, however, extreme load cases led shell models to show local buckling phenomena close to the trailing edge, which may play a role in novel HAWT designs. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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