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Save the simulation result in the Bladed result folder (bladed 4.1\results). Name it startup_no_blade_deflection. Close the Calculation Progress window when the run is completed.
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We would like to compare the electrical power output of the demo wind turbine with and without blade deflection. The result for the case with blade deflection (blade mode unchanged) is provided below. Download and extract the files into the bladed result folder (bladed 4.1\results).
download the result for deflected blade simulation here
Click on Data View, this is where plots are generated.
In the Graph Parameters window, click on Channel 1 to select data.
Select "startup_no_blade_deflection" under Run Name. Select Summary information in Data Group. Select Electrical power for Variables. The electrical power will be plotted against time. Click on OK to finish data selection.
Click on Channel 2 and select "demo_steady_wind_11" under Run Name. Select summary information and electrical power, as shown in the previous step.
Channel 1 displays the electrical power produced by the demo turbine without blade deflection. Channel 2 displays the electrical power produced by the demo turbine with blade deflection. Click on View Graph, and you should get something like this:
We can check if the blades in our setup deflect or not. Select Blade 1 Deflections in Data Group. Select Blade 1 x-deflection for Variables. Select Time for Independent Variables.
From the graph, we see our setup does not yield any blade deflection. deflection simulation here