Rotary Wings: the Modeling and Simulation of Helicopters and Wind Turbines
Event details
| Date | 27.06.2012 |
| Hour | 11:00 › 12:30 |
| Speaker |
Prof. Carlo L. BOTTASSO Department of Aerospace Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Italy |
| Location | |
| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
Helicopters and wind turbines are very different complex engineering systems, that however share some common physical processes. For both, rotating flexible blades interact in a highly unsteady manner with air to make a vehicle fly in one case and to generate energy from wind in the other. In this talk we will first review some mathematical models that are used for the simulation of both systems. Then, we will describe some challenging applications, ranging from the simulation of helicopters flying extreme maneuvers at the boundaries of their flight envelope, to the passive and active mitigation of loads on large wind turbines. These examples will help highlight the differences between these two engineering systems and will illustrate their very different design drivers. In both cases, the ability to model the relevant coupled physical processes to a high level of fidelity is key for achieving the ever more ambitious design goals posed by industry.
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Practical information
- General public
- Free
Organizer
- Transport and Mobility Laboratory
Contact
- Prof. Michel Bierlaire, Dr. Michaël Thémans