Comparative Study of Dynamic Stall under Pitch Oscillation and Oscillating Freestream on Wind Turbine Airfoil and Blade

This study aims to assess the dynamic stall of the wind turbine blade undergoing pitch oscillation (PO) and oscillating freestream (OF), respectively. Firstly, a thin-airfoil theoretical analysis was performed to differentiate between these two dynamic effects. During upstroke, PO results in a positive effective airfoil camber, while OF has an additional negative effective airfoil camber, and yet in contrast during downstroke, PO decreases the effective camber, while OF increases the effective camber. Secondly, the equivalence relation between PO and OF is investigated by numerically solving the unsteady Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equations. The difference between PO and OF mainly exists in the linear part of the aerodynamic loads. Because the difference is great at high reduced frequencies or angle of attack (AOA) amplitudes, PO and OF should be treated separately for dynamic stall from different aerodynamic sources. Thirdly, the Beddoes-Leishman dynamic model coupled with Bak’s rotational stall delay model was used to predict the yawed responses of the blade section. The obtained results show different aerodynamic responses between PO and OF, although consideration of rotational augmentation can greatly improve the accuracy of the lift and drag coefficients. To improve the understanding and coupling modeling of rotational augmentation and dynamic stall, an extended analysis of the coupled effect was performed as well.

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