------- AERODYN v15 for OpenFAST INPUT FILE --------------------------------------------------------- Fixed MHK turbine hydrodynamic input properties, based on the RM1 tidal current turbine ====== General Options ============================================================================ False Echo - Echo the input to ".AD.ech"? (flag) "default" DTAero - Time interval for aerodynamic calculations {or "default"} (s) 2 WakeMod - Type of wake/induction model (switch) {0=none, 1=BEMT, 2=DBEMT, 3=OLAF} [WakeMod cannot be 2 or 3 when linearizing] 1 AFAeroMod - Type of blade airfoil aerodynamics model (switch) {1=steady model, 2=Beddoes-Leishman unsteady model} [AFAeroMod must be 1 when linearizing] 0 TwrPotent - Type tower influence on wind based on potential flow around the tower (switch) {0=none, 1=baseline potential flow, 2=potential flow with Bak correction} 0 TwrShadow - Calculate tower influence on wind based on downstream tower shadow (switch) {0=none, 1=Powles model, 2=Eames model} False TwrAero - Calculate tower aerodynamic loads? (flag) False FrozenWake - Assume frozen wake during linearization? (flag) [used only when WakeMod=1 and when linearizing] False CavitCheck - Perform cavitation check? (flag) [AFAeroMod must be 1 when CavitCheck=true] False Buoyancy - Include buoyancy effects? (flag) False CompAA - Flag to compute AeroAcoustics calculation [used only when WakeMod = 1 or 2] "unused" AA_InputFile - AeroAcoustics input file [used only when CompAA=true] ====== Environmental Conditions =================================================================== "default" AirDens - Air density (kg/m^3) "default" KinVisc - Kinematic viscosity of working fluid (m^2/s) "default" SpdSound - Speed of sound in working fluid (m/s) "default" Patm - Atmospheric pressure (Pa) [used only when CavitCheck=True] "default" Pvap - Vapour pressure of working fluid (Pa) [used only when CavitCheck=True] ====== Blade-Element/Momentum Theory Options ====================================================== [unused when WakeMod=0 or 3] 2 SkewMod - Type of skewed-wake correction model (switch) {1=uncoupled, 2=Pitt/Peters, 3=coupled} [unused when WakeMod=0 or 3] "default" SkewModFactor - Constant used in Pitt/Peters skewed wake model {or "default" is 15/32*pi} (-) [used only when SkewMod=2; unused when WakeMod=0 or 3] True TipLoss - Use the Prandtl tip-loss model? (flag) [unused when WakeMod=0 or 3] True HubLoss - Use the Prandtl hub-loss model? (flag) [unused when WakeMod=0 or 3] True TanInd - Include tangential induction in BEMT calculations? (flag) [unused when WakeMod=0 or 3] True AIDrag - Include the drag term in the axial-induction calculation? (flag) [unused when WakeMod=0 or 3] True TIDrag - Include the drag term in the tangential-induction calculation? (flag) [unused when WakeMod=0,3 or TanInd=FALSE] "default" IndToler - Convergence tolerance for BEMT nonlinear solve residual equation {or "default"} (-) [unused when WakeMod=0 or 3] 1000 MaxIter - Maximum number of iteration steps (-) [unused when WakeMod=0] ====== Dynamic Blade-Element/Momentum Theory Options ============================================== [used only when WakeMod=2] 2 DBEMT_Mod - Type of dynamic BEMT (DBEMT) model {1=constant tau1, 2=time-dependent tau1} (-) [used only when WakeMod=2] 4 tau1_const - Time constant for DBEMT (s) [used only when WakeMod=2 and DBEMT_Mod=1] ====== OLAF -- cOnvecting LAgrangian Filaments (Free Vortex Wake) Theory Options ================== [used only when WakeMod=3] "unused" OLAFInputFileName - Input file for OLAF [used only when WakeMod=3] ====== Beddoes-Leishman Unsteady Airfoil Aerodynamics Options ===================================== [used only when AFAeroMod=2] 3 UAMod - Unsteady Aero Model Switch (switch) {1=Baseline model (Original), 2=Gonzalez's variant (changes in Cn,Cc,Cm), 3=Minnema/Pierce variant (changes in Cc and Cm)} [used only when AFAeroMod=2] True FLookup - Flag to indicate whether a lookup for f' will be calculated (TRUE) or whether best-fit exponential equations will be used (FALSE); if FALSE S1-S4 must be provided in airfoil input files (flag) [used only when AFAeroMod=2] ====== Airfoil Information ========================================================================= 2 AFTabMod - Interpolation method for multiple airfoil tables {1=1D interpolation on AoA (first table only); 2=2D interpolation on AoA and Re; 3=2D interpolation on AoA and UserProp} (-) 1 InCol_Alfa - The column in the airfoil tables that contains the angle of attack (-) 2 InCol_Cl - The column in the airfoil tables that contains the lift coefficient (-) 3 InCol_Cd - The column in the airfoil tables that contains the drag coefficient (-) 0 InCol_Cm - The column in the airfoil tables that contains the pitching-moment coefficient; use zero if there is no Cm column (-) 0 InCol_Cpmin - The column in the airfoil tables that contains the Cpmin coefficient; use zero if there is no Cpmin column (-) 4 NumAFfiles - Number of airfoil files used (-) "Airfoils/Cylinder1.dat" AFNames - Airfoil file names (NumAFfiles lines) (quoted strings) "Airfoils/Ellipse.dat" "Airfoils/Transition.dat" "Airfoils/SG6403.dat" ====== Rotor/Blade Properties ===================================================================== False UseBlCm - Include aerodynamic pitching moment in calculations? (flag) "Lehigh_Blade.dat" ADBlFile(1) - Name of file containing distributed aerodynamic properties for Blade #1 (-) "Lehigh_Blade.dat" ADBlFile(2) - Name of file containing distributed aerodynamic properties for Blade #2 (-) [unused if NumBl < 2] "Lehigh_Blade.dat" ADBlFile(3) - Name of file containing distributed aerodynamic properties for Blade #3 (-) [unused if NumBl < 3] ====== Hub Properties ============================================================================== [used only when Buoyancy=True] 7.2 VolHub - Hub volume (m^3) 0.2222 HubCenBx - Hub center of buoyancy x direction offset (m) ====== Nacelle Properties ========================================================================== [used only when Buoyancy=True] 1.000 VolNac - Nacelle volume (m^3) 0.43,0,0 NacCenB - Position of nacelle center of buoyancy from yaw bearing in nacelle coordinates (m) ====== Tail fin Aerodynamics ======================================================================== False TFinAero - Calculate tail fin aerodynamics model (flag) "unused" TFinFile - Input file for tail fin aerodynamics [used only when TFinAero=True] ====== Tower Influence and Aerodynamics ============================================================ [used only when TwrPotent/=0, TwrShadow/=0, TwrAero=True, or Buoyancy=True] 13 NumTwrNds - Number of tower nodes used in the analysis (-) [used only when TwrPotent/=0, TwrShadow/=0, TwrAero=True, or Buoyancy=True] TwrElev TwrDiam TwrCd TwrTI TwrCb !TwrTI used only with TwrShadow=2, TwrCb used only with Buoyancy=True (m) (m) (-) (-) (-) 0.0 3.50 1.1 0.0 1.0 2.4 3.48 1.1 0.0 1.0 4.8 3.46 1.1 0.0 1.0 7.2 3.44 1.1 0.0 1.0 9.6 3.42 1.1 0.0 1.0 12.0 3.40 1.1 0.0 1.0 14.4 3.38 1.1 0.0 1.0 16.8 3.36 1.1 0.0 1.0 19.2 3.34 1.1 0.0 1.0 21.6 3.32 1.1 0.0 1.0 24.0 3.30 1.1 0.0 1.0 26.4 3.28 1.1 0.0 1.0 28.8 3.26 1.1 0.0 1.0 ====== Outputs ==================================================================================== True SumPrint - Generate a summary file listing input options and interpolated properties to ".AD.sum"? (flag) 9 NBlOuts - Number of blade node outputs [0 - 9] (-) 3,6,11,12,20,26,32,36,40 BlOutNd - Blade nodes whose values will be output (-) 0 NTwOuts - Number of tower node outputs [0 - 9] (-) 1 TwOutNd - Tower nodes whose values will be output (-) OutList - The next line(s) contains a list of output parameters. See OutListParameters.xlsx for a listing of available output channels. "RtSpeed" "RtAeroCp" "RtAeroCq" "RtAeroCt" "RtTSR" "RtVAvgxh" "RtAeroMxh" "RtAeroFxh" "RtAeroPwr" "B1N1Alpha" "B1N2Alpha" "B1N3Alpha" "B1N4Alpha" "B1N5Alpha" "B1N6Alpha" "B1N7Alpha" "B1N8Alpha" "B1N9Alpha" "B1N1Cl" "B1N2Cl" "B1N3Cl" "B1N4Cl" "B1N5Cl" "B1N6Cl" "B1N7Cl" "B1N8Cl" "B1N9Cl" "B1N1Cd" "B1N2Cd" "B1N3Cd" "B1N4Cd" "B1N5Cd" "B1N6Cd" "B1N7Cd" "B1N8Cd" "B1N9Cd" "B1N1Fl" "B1N2Fl" "B1N3Fl" "B1N4Fl" "B1N5Fl" "B1N6Fl" "B1N7Fl" "B1N8Fl" "B1N9Fl" "B1N1Re" "B1N2Re" "B1N3Re" "B1N4Re" "B1N5Re" "B1N6Re" "B1N7Re" "B1N8Re" "B1N9Re" END of input file (the word "END" must appear in the first 3 columns of this last OutList line) -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------