NRT Rotor Structural / Aeroelastic Analysis for the Preliminary Design Review

Technical Report · Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 2015

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1225852· OSTI ID:1225852

Ennis, Brandon Lee ^[1]; Paquette, Joshua A. ^[1]

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1. Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

This document describes the initial structural design for the National Rotor Testbed blade as presented during the preliminary design review at Sandia National Laboratories on October 28- 29, 2015. The document summarizes the structural and aeroelastic requirements placed on the NRT rotor for satisfactory deployment at the DOE/SNL SWiFT experimental facility to produce high-quality datasets for wind turbine model validation. The method and result of the NRT blade structural optimization is also presented within this report, along with analysis of its satisfaction of the design requirements.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Wind and Hydropower Technology Program (EE-2B)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-94AL85000
• OSTI ID: 1225852
• Report Number(s): SAND2015--9358; 607877
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English