------TurbSim v2.* Input File------------------------ Example file that can be used with simulations for the NREL 5MW Baseline Turbine; note that UsableTime has been decreased in this file so that the file distributed with the FAST CertTest isn't as large ---------Runtime Options----------------------------------- False Echo - Echo input data to .ech (flag) 789012 RandSeed1 - First random seed (-2147483648 to 2147483647) "RanLux" RandSeed2 - Second random seed (-2147483648 to 2147483647) for intrinsic pRNG, or an alternative pRNG: "RanLux" or "RNSNLW" False WrBHHTP - Output hub-height turbulence parameters in binary form? (Generates RootName.bin) False WrFHHTP - Output hub-height turbulence parameters in formatted form? (Generates RootName.dat) False WrADHH - Output hub-height time-series data in AeroDyn form? (Generates RootName.hh) True WrADFF - Output full-field time-series data in TurbSim/AeroDyn form? (Generates RootName.bts) False WrBLFF - Output full-field time-series data in BLADED/AeroDyn form? (Generates RootName.wnd) True WrADTWR - Output tower time-series data? (Generates RootName.twr) False WrHAWCFF - Output full-field time-series data in HAWC form? (Generates RootName-u.bin, RootName-v.bin, RootName-w.bin, RootName.hawc) False WrFMTFF - Output full-field time-series data in formatted (readable) form? (Generates RootName.u, RootName.v, RootName.w) False WrACT - Output coherent turbulence time steps in AeroDyn form? (Generates RootName.cts) 0 ScaleIEC - Scale IEC turbulence models to exact target standard deviation? [0=no additional scaling; 1=use hub scale uniformly; 2=use individual scales] --------Turbine/Model Specifications----------------------- 39 NumGrid_Z - Vertical grid-point matrix dimension 101 NumGrid_Y - Horizontal grid-point matrix dimension 0.05 TimeStep - Time step [seconds] 1000 AnalysisTime - Length of analysis time series [seconds] (program will add time if necessary: AnalysisTime = MAX(AnalysisTime, UsableTime+GridWidth/MeanHHWS) ) "ALL" UsableTime - Usable length of output time series [seconds] (program will add GridWidth/MeanHHWS seconds unless UsableTime is "ALL") 150 HubHt - Hub height [m] (should be > 0.5*GridHeight) 296 GridHeight - Grid height [m] 600 GridWidth - Grid width [m] (should be >= 2*(RotorRadius+ShaftLength)) 0 VFlowAng - Vertical mean flow (uptilt) angle [degrees] 0 HFlowAng - Horizontal mean flow (skew) angle [degrees] --------Meteorological Boundary Conditions------------------- "IECKAI" TurbModel - Turbulence model ("IECKAI","IECVKM","GP_LLJ","NWTCUP","SMOOTH","WF_UPW","WF_07D","WF_14D","TIDAL","API","USRINP","TIMESR", or "NONE") "TurbSim_User.spectra" UserFile - Name of the file that contains inputs for user-defined spectra or time series inputs (used only for "USRINP" and "TIMESR" models) "1-ed3" IECstandard - Number of IEC 61400-x standard (x=1,2, or 3 with optional 61400-1 edition number (i.e. "1-Ed2") ) "C" IECturbc - IEC turbulence characteristic ("A", "B", "C" or the turbulence intensity in percent) ("KHTEST" option with NWTCUP model, not used for other models) "NTM" IEC_WindType - IEC turbulence type ("NTM"=normal, "xETM"=extreme turbulence, "xEWM1"=extreme 1-year wind, "xEWM50"=extreme 50-year wind, where x=wind turbine class 1, 2, or 3) "default" ETMc - IEC Extreme Turbulence Model "c" parameter [m/s] "PL" WindProfileType - Velocity profile type ("LOG";"PL"=power law;"JET";"H2L"=Log law for TIDAL model;"API";"USR";"TS";"IEC"=PL on rotor disk, LOG elsewhere; or "default") "TurbSim_User.profiles" ProfileFile - Name of the file that contains input profiles for WindProfileType="USR" and/or TurbModel="USRVKM" [-] 150 RefHt - Height of the reference velocity (URef) [m] 12 URef - Mean (total) velocity at the reference height [m/s] (or "default" for JET velocity profile) [must be 1-hr mean for API model; otherwise is the mean over AnalysisTime seconds] "default" ZJetMax - Jet height [m] (used only for JET velocity profile, valid 70-490 m) 0.14 PLExp - Power law exponent [-] (or "default") "default" Z0 - Surface roughness length [m] (or "default") --------Non-IEC Meteorological Boundary Conditions------------ "default" Latitude - Site latitude [degrees] (or "default") 0.05 RICH_NO - Gradient Richardson number [-] "default" UStar - Friction or shear velocity [m/s] (or "default") "default" ZI - Mixing layer depth [m] (or "default") "default" PC_UW - Hub mean u'w' Reynolds stress [m^2/s^2] (or "default" or "none") "default" PC_UV - Hub mean u'v' Reynolds stress [m^2/s^2] (or "default" or "none") "default" PC_VW - Hub mean v'w' Reynolds stress [m^2/s^2] (or "default" or "none") --------Spatial Coherence Parameters---------------------------- "default" SCMod1 - u-component coherence model ("GENERAL","IEC","API","NONE", or "default") "default" SCMod2 - v-component coherence model ("GENERAL","IEC","NONE", or "default") "default" SCMod3 - w-component coherence model ("GENERAL","IEC","NONE", or "default") "default" InCDec1 - u-component coherence parameters for general or IEC models [-, m^-1] (e.g. "10.0 0.3e-3" in quotes) (or "default") "default" InCDec2 - v-component coherence parameters for general or IEC models [-, m^-1] (e.g. "10.0 0.3e-3" in quotes) (or "default") "default" InCDec3 - w-component coherence parameters for general or IEC models [-, m^-1] (e.g. "10.0 0.3e-3" in quotes) (or "default") "default" CohExp - Coherence exponent for general model [-] (or "default") --------Coherent Turbulence Scaling Parameters------------------- "M:\coh_events\eventdata" CTEventPath - Name of the path where event data files are located "Random" CTEventFile - Type of event files ("LES", "DNS", or "RANDOM") true Randomize - Randomize the disturbance scale and locations? (true/false) 1 DistScl - Disturbance scale [-] (ratio of event dataset height to rotor disk). (Ignored when Randomize = true.) 0.5 CTLy - Fractional location of tower centerline from right [-] (looking downwind) to left side of the dataset. (Ignored when Randomize = true.) 0.5 CTLz - Fractional location of hub height from the bottom of the dataset. [-] (Ignored when Randomize = true.) 30 CTStartTime - Minimum start time for coherent structures in RootName.cts [seconds] ==================================================== ! NOTE: Do not add or remove any lines in this file!