Assessing the Severity of Wind Gusts with Lidar

Lidars have gained a lot of popularity in the field of wind energy, partly because of their potential to be used for wind turbine control. By scanning the oncoming wind field, any threats such as gusts can be detected early and high loads can be avoided by taking preventive actions. Unfortunately, lidars suffer from some inherent weaknesses that...

De regeling van het Mach getal in de hoge snelheids tunnel van het NLR

The High Speed wind Tunnel (HST) of the National Aerospace Laboratory NLR is one of the major transonic windtunnels and is used for aerodynamic research on scale models. The measurements require the control of the Mach number. Two kinds of controller tasks can be distinguished: keeping the Mach number constant, and realizing a different Mach...