28 June 2022 morning
Public Workshop on “Building Energy Modelling” organized by Nottingham Trent University. The workshop will take place in hybrid mode (online/ onsite) at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid.
28 June 2022 afternoon
Public Workshop on “Modelling Wind Energy Harvesting in complex urban environments ” organized by Nottingham Trent University. The workshop will take place in hybrid mode (online/ onsite) at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid.
17 November 2022 (9h00-12h40)
Workshop: Human Response to Sound Vibration – Iryna Lunevich (ESR10) & Dr Mattijs Smits (WUR)
18 November 2022 (9h00-11h00)
Workshop: Psychoacoustics: Towards human perception-driven design – Dr Roberto Merino Martinez (TU Delft)
15-16 November 2022
Progress Meeting
16-17 May 2021 – M30
Progress Meeting (TU Delft)
18 May 2021
Public Workshop on Gender Equality (organized by our partner, University of Twente) – online
19-20 May 2021
Training for ESRs (TU Delft)
8 - 10 November 2021
Progress meeting M24, Belgium
7 - 12 July 2021
Training #4 on Optimization and related techniques, organized by NTUA, TUD, Valeo, Enerall & VKI
5 - 6 July 2021
Progress Meeting Online (All ESRs, Beneficiaries and Advisory Board)
15 - 17 February 2021
Training #3, Rotor multi-physics – 15-17 February 2021 (ESRs, Beneficiaries)
Day 1: 15 February 2021
- Rotor aerodynamics modelling
- Blade Element Momentum Theory (BEMT) model
- Linear and angular momentum balance theory (MT)
- Blade Element Theory (BET)
- Combination of MT and BET (BEMT)
- Global coefficients
- Corrections to BEMT
- Effect of a finite number of blades (tip and root losses)
- Breakdown of the MT (turbulent wake state)
- Stall delay
- Unsteady aerodynamics (dynamic stall)
- Yawed flow BEMT
- Introduction – what and why?
- Governing Equations
- Brief overview of FD, FV, FE & DG
- CFD as a user
- Briefly on Grids
- Some notions of Turbulence
- Solution strategies for incompressible flow
- Example of application to a 3D rotating rotor
- Introduction
- Structural dynamics
- Rotor dynamics
- Applications
Day 2: 16 February 2021
- Basic aero-elasticity concepts
- Background
- Advanced concepts
- Aero-elastic tools in the WT design industry
- Introduction to fatigue
- HAWT fatigue loads
- Certification guidelines on fatigue loads
- Design tools VS design verification
- Flow control objectives
- Passive and active methods
- Vortex generators (vane, jet, rod)
- Reduction of BL separation
- Aerodynamic performance improvement
- Examples of application to wind turbines and turbomachinery cases
Day 3: 17 February 2021
- Airfoil noise sources
- Airfoil noise measurements and prediction
- Wind turbine noise: relevance
- Wind turbine noise sources and prediction
- Low-noise wind turbine design
Training #2, Atmospheric Boundary Layers – 2-3 December 2020 (ESRs, Beneficiaries)
Day 1: Atmospheric acoustic propagation and soundscaling
- Aspects of outdoor noise propagation
- Modelling atmospheric propagation
- Numerical methods
- Analytical and heuristic methods
- Engineering models
- References
- Context, definition and objectives
- Approach overview
- Source emission
- Propagation effects
- 3D audio rendering
- Applications – Perceptual evaluation
- Demonstrations
Day 2: Atmospheric Boundary Layer (ABL) flows 08:30
MTC, Day 2 – 1 December 2020 (ESRs, Beneficiaries and Partners)
MTC, Day 1 – 30 November 2020 (PO, ESRs, Beneficiaries and Partners)
First Online Training - 1 - 2 July 2020
First Online training on "Fundamentals of fluid mechanics, acoustics and structural dynamics" organized by TU Delft. Contact:Daniele Ragni (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
Training #1 of zEPHYR is being organized by TUDelft, covering some fundamentals aspects of fluid mechanics, acoustics and structural dynamics that are most relevant to the project.
Day 1: Fundamentals – Wednesday 1st of July (ESRs, Beneficiaries)
RANS derivation
Log-law
Near- and far-field, acoustic compactness, acoustic energy
Green’s functions
Lighthill’s analogy and Lighthill/Curle integral solutions
Design & Structural analysis
Structural Integrity & Certification
Day 2: Applications – Thursday 2nd of July (ESRs, Beneficiaries)
Ffowcs Williams and Hawkings analogy
Recent findings on wind turbine noise: effect of duct and angle of attack
ESR-KOM, Day 2 – Tuesday 30th of June (ESRs, Beneficiaries and Partners)
SR-KOM, Day 1 – Monday 29th of June (ESRs, Beneficiaries and Partners)
18 November 2020: Kick-Off Meeting @VKI
On November 18th, 2019, all the partners and beneficiaries of the project ZEPHYR met at the von Karman Institute for the kick-off meeting.