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07 Oct 2024
Research article |
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Impact of a two-dimensional steep hill on wind turbine noise propagation
Jules Colas
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École Centrale de Lyon, CNRS, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, INSA Lyon, LMFA, UMR5509, 69130, Écully, France
Ariane Emmanuelli
École Centrale de Lyon, CNRS, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, INSA Lyon, LMFA, UMR5509, 69130, Écully, France
Didier Dragna
École Centrale de Lyon, CNRS, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, INSA Lyon, LMFA, UMR5509, 69130, Écully, France
Philippe Blanc-Benon
École Centrale de Lyon, CNRS, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, INSA Lyon, LMFA, UMR5509, 69130, Écully, France
Benjamin Cotté
Institute of Mechanical Sciences and Industrial Applications (IMSIA), ENSTA Paris, CNRS, CEA, EDF, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, Palaiseau, France
Richard J. A. M. Stevens
Physics of Fluids Group, Max Planck Center for Complex Fluid Dynamics, J.M. Burgers Center for Fluid Dynamics, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, the Netherlands
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We studied wind turbine noise propagation in a hilly terrain through numerical simulation in different scenarios. The sound pressure levels obtained for a wind turbine in front of a 2D hill and a wind turbine on a hilltop are compared to a baseline flat case. The source height and wind speed strongly influence sound propagation downwind. Topography influences the wake shape, inducing changes in the sound propagation that modify the sound pressure level and amplitude modulation downwind.
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