Sound
Sound measurements The Stuttgart Wind Energy (SWE) chair at the University of Stuttgart has at its disposal measuring equipment to carry out noise measurements. This includes a suitably equipped noise…
Wind tunnels
Wind Tunnels Gust Wind Tunnel The Gust Wind Tunnel is an Eiffel-type wind tunnel with a test section of 6.3m of diameter and a flow velocity of 17m/s. It is…
Corrosion Protection
Corrosion Protection The Research Centre for Steel, Timber and Masonry (VAKA) services include the investigation of corrosion resistance of metallic and non-metallic coatings as well as components and products made…
Endurance tests
Endurance tests The Research Centre for Steel, Timber and Masonry VAKA provides more than 40 testing machines enabling a wide range of different investigations. Tests under dynamic loading can be…
Static Loading
MPA's testing facilities enable full scale testing of large parts and components. Source: MPA Stuttgart The Research Centre for Steel, Timber and Masonry (VAKA) provides more than 40 testing machines…
Load and Power Measurements
Load and power measurements SWE has carried out many power performance measurements for research and development. These measurements are enabled by SWE's expertise in atmospheric and structural measurements, and portable…
Tower and nacelle
Several WindForS members have strong expertise in the techniques and materials used for the construction and manufacturing of wind turbine towers and nacelles. Rotor hub after completion. Source: MPA Stuttgart…
Rotor blades
Wind turbine rotor blades frequently exceed 80 m in length. Composite materials offer enormous weight savings along with excellent fatigue properties.The main components of rotor blades are a load-carrying web-spar-structure and…
Rotor Aeroacoustics
Rotor Aeroacoustics Image: Cordula Horning, IAG Development of noise prediction models At the Institute of Aerodynamics and Gas Dynamics (IAG) different models for the efficient determination of trailing edge noise…
Rotor Aerodynamics
Rotor Aerodynamics Wind turbine flow visualization from highly-resolved wake simulations. Image: Pascal Weihing, IAG Steady and unsteady CFD simulation of wind turbines To analyze the aerodynamics of a wind turbine…