Wind Flow Visualisation
The wind flow visualisation task visualises your wind flow model for a selected inflow direction after any initiations and wind speed adjustments. The visualisation represents the speedups used in the wake calculation to determine relative wind speed differences between turbines.
Wind flow controls | Description |
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Reference wind direction | The wind direction is chosen by the clicking and dragging to rotate the wind flow control dial. |
Display mode | In the above image above we can see a wind flow grid using the scalar display mode. The vector displays of streamlines or wind vector arrows. The image below shows discrete predictions using the vector setting. |
Height | If you have more than one turbine hub height in your project, you should select the height you wish to view in the wind flow controls. |
Reference wind speed | The wind speeds visualised are relative to a wind speed of 10 m/s at the reference mast: they are not mean wind speeds. |
Note
If you have multiple measurement sites you may see some discontinuity in the wind flow as wind speeds at each initiating measurement site are set at 10 m/s. We intend to reduce such discontinuities through introduction of a mast-to-mast speedup model.