Modelling wind over complex terrain is one of the great challenges for the wind energy community. It's also a great challenge for the high performance computing infrastructure that supports it.…
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 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…
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 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…
Wind Turbine Dynamics Load Simulation WindForS members use many different software tools to simulate loads on onshore and offshore wind turbines. The spectrum goes from reduced models for longer simulated…
Institute for Aerodynamics and Gas Dynamics (IAG) University of Stuttgart Specialist areas Aerodynamic and aeroacoustic airfoil design and optimizationAerodynamic and aeroacoustic airfoil testing in the Laminar Wind TunnelManufacturing of high…
WINSENT AND WINSENT-BW: Developing a wind energy test facility in complex terrain Goals The WINSENT project is divided into three sub-projects:The detailed characterization of the research facility's micro climate and meteorology,The…
Design and Engineering Complex terrain often leads to high wind turbulence and thus challenging loading conditions for wind turbines. Offshore, wind turbines are subject to loads from the wind and…
KONTEST Planning and design of a wind energy test site in complex terrain in southern Germany Goals News Publications Goals On the basis of the results of the planning and…