Journal article
Loading and Blade Deflection of a Tidal Turbine in Waves
Abstract
A coupled numerical model has been developed and validated to study the fluid–structural interaction responses of a three-bladed tidal turbine in aligned waves and current. The unsteady blade element momentum (BEM) theory was combined with modal analysis for hydro-elastic calculation. Both the loading and deflection of the blade were studied. The dynamic loading on the blade due to structural deformation was much smaller than the wave-induced …
Authors
Guo X; Gao Z; Li X; Yang J; Moan T
Journal
Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, Vol. 141, No. 4,
Publisher
ASME International
Publication Date
August 1, 2019
DOI
10.1115/1.4041998
ISSN
0892-7219