Hewitt Sam, Margetts Lee, Revell Alistair
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering, The University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL UK.
Arch Comput Methods Eng. 2018;25(4):879-899. doi: 10.1007/s11831-017-9222-7. Epub 2017 Apr 18.
The purpose of this paper is to provide a high level, holistic overview of the work being undertaken in the wind energy industry. It summarises the main techniques used to simulate both aerodynamic and structural issues associated with wind turbines and farms. The motivation behind this paper is to provide new researchers with an outlook of the modelling and simulation landscape, whilst highlighting the trends and direction research is taking. Each section summarises an individual area of simulation and modelling, covering the important historical research findings and a comprehensive analysis of recent work. This segregated approach emphasises the key components of wind energy. Topics range in geometric scales and detail, ranging from atmospheric boundary layer modelling, to fatigue and fracture in the turbine blades. More recent studies have begun to combine a range of scales and physics to better approximate real systems and provide higher fidelity and accurate analyses to manufacturers and companies. This paper shows a clear trend towards coupling both scales and physics into singular models utilising high performance computing system.
本文旨在对风能行业正在开展的工作进行高层次、全面的概述。它总结了用于模拟与风力涡轮机及风电场相关的空气动力学和结构问题的主要技术。本文的目的是为新研究人员提供建模与仿真领域的展望，同时突出研究的趋势和方向。每个部分总结了一个单独的模拟和建模领域，涵盖重要的历史研究成果以及对近期工作的全面分析。这种分类方法强调了风能的关键组成部分。主题在几何尺度和细节方面各不相同，从大气边界层建模到涡轮叶片的疲劳与断裂。最近的研究已开始将一系列尺度和物理过程相结合，以更好地逼近实际系统，并为制造商和公司提供更高保真度和准确的分析。本文显示出一种明显的趋势，即利用高性能计算系统将尺度和物理过程耦合到单一模型中。
