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sandialabs / CACTUS

CACTUS (Code for Axial and Cross-flow TUrbine Simulation) is a turbine performance simulation code, based on a free wake vortex method, to study wind turbines and marine hydrokinetic (MHK) devices.
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Modify Computational Domain #41

Closed sakibsadman7 closed 3 years ago

sakibsadman7 commented 3 years ago

Hi,

I was wondering is it possible to modify the computational domain in CACTUS to match a wind tunnel test section? What we are trying to do is to capture the effect of bounding walls on the rotor power and loads (blockage effect). Any suggestions regarding the issue will be greatly appreciated.

Best Sadman Sakib

whophil commented 3 years ago

@sakibsadman7 yes, this can be done. The image below shows such a setup. image

Please refer to section 3.4 in the User Manual. https://github.com/SNL-WaterPower/CACTUS/blob/dev/doc/user-guide/tex/User%20Guide.pdf

sakibsadman7 commented 3 years ago

Thank you so much, this was really helpful!