Application of Uncertainty Quantification to a Fluid-Structure Interaction Experiment

Providing Accurate Insight in Uncertain Phenomena

Master thesis (2011)

Authors

D.J. Boon Aerospace Engineering

Contributors

H. Bijl Aerospace Engineering (mentor)
R.P. Dwight Aerodynamics - Aerospace Engineering (mentor)
J.J.H.M. Sterenborg Aerodynamics - Aerospace Engineering (mentor)
A.H. van Zuijlen Aerodynamics - Aerospace Engineering (mentor)
R.G. Hanea Mathematical Physics - EEMCS (mentor)
Faculty
Aerospace Engineering, Aerospace Engineering
Copyright: © 2011 Dirk Jan Boon
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Published Date

09-12-2011

Language

English

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Faculty

Aerospace Engineering

Abstract

Societies demand for sustainability is one of the main drivers for innovation in the wind energy industry. The increasing size of wind turbines implies increasingly flexible turbine blades. The flexibility of the blades induces the occurrence of fluid-structure interaction (FSI) phenomena. The simulation codes that are used for the design of wind turbines need to be validated with observational data. In the current research a FSI experiment of a wing equipped with a trailing edge flap is performed to provide validation data. Little data is available in literature of free motion FSI experiments. Therefore, a FSI experiment is performed with a freely moving wing equipped with a trailing edge flap.