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Articles | Volume 11, issue 4
Articles | Volume 11, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-11-1267-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-11-1267-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 11, issue 4
Research article
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17 Apr 2026
Research article |  | 17 Apr 2026

Introduction of the virtual center of wind pressure for correlating large-scale turbulent structures and wind turbine loads

Carsten Schubert, Daniela Moreno, Jörg Schwarte, Jan Friedrich, Matthias Wächter, Gritt Pokriefke, Günter Radons, and Joachim Peinke

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For modern wind turbines, the effects of inflow wind fluctuations on loads are becoming increasingly critical. Based on field measurements and simulations, we identify “bump” events responsible for high damage equivalent loads. In this article, we introduce a new characteristic of a wind field: the virtual center of wind pressure, which highly correlates to the identified load events observed in the operational measured data.
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