Hurricane eyewall winds and structural  response of wind turbines

Kapoor, Amber; Ouakka, Slimane; Arwade, Sanjay R.; Lundquist, Julie K.; Lackner, Matthew A.; Myers, Andrew T.; Worsnop, Rochelle P.; Bryan, George H.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-5-89-2020

Articles | Volume 5, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-5-89-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-5-89-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 5, issue 1

Research article

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14 Jan 2020

Research article |

| 14 Jan 2020

Hurricane eyewall winds and structural response of wind turbines

Amber Kapoor, Slimane Ouakka, Sanjay R. Arwade, Julie K. Lundquist, Matthew A. Lackner, Andrew T. Myers, Rochelle P. Worsnop, and George H. Bryan

Data sets

LES wind files and offshore turbine response files for Category 5 hurricane A. Kapoor https://github.com/alkapoor/Hurricane-LES-and-Turbine-data

Short summary

Offshore wind energy is a burgeoning area of renewable energy that is at an early stage of development in the United States. Exposure of offshore wind turbines to hurricanes must be assessed and mitigated to ensure the security of the renewable energy supply. This research assesses the impact of hurricane wind fields on the structural response of wind turbines. Such wind fields have characteristics that may pose heretofore unforeseen structural challenges to offshore wind turbines.