SimBA

Simulation tool for the highly accurate and efficient aerodynamic calculation and design of wind turbines.

Goals

  • Creation of a national research code for the simulation of wind energy converters (WEA) based on the DLR THETA-Code
  • Replacement of the TAU Code in WEA applications (for efficiency reasons)

Content

  • Enhancement of THETA with respect to
    • CHIMERA (for movable structures)
    • fluid-structure coupling
    • „weakly compressible flow“
    • improved transition and turbulence modelling
    • increase in efficiency for large-scale simulations (HPC)
  • demonstration of a complete converter including atmospheric effects

Lead institute

Institute of Aeroelasticity

The field of aeroelasticity addresses the physical processes that occur during flow around elastic structures due to the interaction between aerodynamic and elastomechanical forces.

Project type

Research project