Articles | Volume 10, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-10-535-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-10-535-2025
Research article
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18 Mar 2025
Research article |  | 18 Mar 2025

Flow acceleration statistics: a new paradigm for wind-driven loads, towards probabilistic turbine design

Mark Kelly

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Reference data and simulations for wind turbine loads due to extreme wind acceleration events Michael McWilliam et al. https://doi.org/10.11583/DTU.22067816.v1

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Industrial standards for wind turbine design are based on 10 min statistics of wind speed at turbine hub height, treating fluctuations as turbulence. But recent work shows that the effect of strong transients is described by flow acceleration. We devise a method to measure the acceleration that turbines encounter; the extremes offshore defy 10 min averages due to various phenomena beyond turbulence. These findings are translated into a recipe supporting statistical design.
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