Browsing SINTEF Open by Author "Kvamsdal, Trond"
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Investigation of the impact of wakes and stratification on the performance of an onshore wind farm
Tabib, Mandar; Rasheed, Adil; Kvamsdal, Trond (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)This work investigates the effects of wakes and stratification on the performance of turbines operating in the Bessaker wind farm. The wind farm is located in a highly complex terrain. Most dominant wind directions recorded ... -
Isogeometric Analysis
Dokken, Tor; Kvamsdal, Trond; Pettersen, Kjell Fredrik; Skytt, Vibeke (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010)NURBS (Non Uniform Rational B-Spline) curves and surfaces have been used extensively in Computer Aided Design (CAD) in the last two decades but not in Finite Element Analysis (FEA). Isogeometric analysis [6], introduced ... -
Isogeometric analysis of acoustic scattering with perfectly matched layers (IGAPML)
Venås, Jon Vegard; Kvamsdal, Trond (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)The perfectly matched layer (PML) formulation is a prominent way of handling radiation problems in unbounded domain and has gained interest due to its simple implementation in finite element codes. However, its simplicity ... -
Isogeometric analysis of finite deformation nearly incompressible solids
Mathisen, Kjell Magne; Okstad, Knut Morten; Kvamsdal, Trond; Raknes, Siv Bente (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)This paper addresses the use of isogeometric analysis to solve finite deformation solid mechanics problems, in which volumetric locking may be encountered. The current work is based on the foundation developed in the project ... -
Isogeometric analysis of THM coupled processes in ground freezing
Bekele, Yared Worku; Kyokawa, Hiroyuki; Kvarving, Arne Morten; Kvamsdal, Trond; Nordal, Steinar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)An isogeometric analysis (IGA) based numerical model is presented for simulation of thermo-hydro-mechanically (THM) coupled processes in ground freezing. The momentum, mass and energy conservation equations are derived ... -
Isogeometric analysis using LR B-splines
Johannessen, Kjetil Andre; Kvamsdal, Trond; Dokken, Tor (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)The recently proposed locally refined B-splines, denoted LR B-splines, by Dokken et al. (2013) [6] may have the potential to be a framework for isogeometric analysis to enable future interoperable computer aided design and ... -
Isogeometric methods for CFD and FSI-simulation of flow around turbine blades
van Opstal, Timo Matteo; Fonn, Eivind; Holdahl, Runar; Kvamsdal, Trond; Kvarving, Arne Morten; Mathisen, Kjell Magne; Nordanger, Knut; Okstad, Knut Morten; Rasheed, Adil; Tabib, Mandar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Coupled fluid-structure interaction simulations of wind turbines have traditionally been considered computationally too expensive to carry out. However, more powerful computers and better solution techniques based on ... -
LES and RANS simulation of onshore Bessaker wind farm: analyzing terrain and wake effects on wind farm performance
Tabib, Mandar; Rasheed, Adil; Kvamsdal, Trond (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)This work compares the predictive performance of RANS and LES solver in capturing the effect of terrain and wakes on the performance of the Bessaker wind farm. This 25 turbine wind farm is located in a highly complex terrain ... -
Mesoscale numerical modelling of met-ocean interactions
Süld, Jakob Kristoffer; Rasheed, Adil; Kristiansen, Jørn; Sætra, Øyvind; Carrasco, Ana; Kvamsdal, Trond (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Offshore wind energy compared to its onshore counterpart appears more attractive due to its lesser visual impact and lesser issues related to land acquisition. Relatively more convenient accessibility to open sea allows ... -
Mixed Method for Isogeometric Analysis of Coupled Flow and Deformation in Poroelastic Media
Bekele, Yared Worku; Fonn, Eivind; Kvamsdal, Trond; Kvarving, Arne Morten; Nordal, Steinar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Pressure oscillations at small time steps have been known to be an issue in poroelasticity simulations. A review of proposed approaches to overcome this problem is presented. Critical time steps are specified to alleviate ... -
Multi-fidelity information fusion with concatenated neural networks
Pawar, Suraj; San, Omer; Vedula, Prakash; Rasheed, Adil; Kvamsdal, Trond (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Recently, computational modeling has shifted towards the use of statistical inference, deep learning, and other data-driven modeling frameworks. Although this shift in modeling holds promise in many applications like design ... -
Near wake region of an industrial scale wind turbine: comparing LES-ALM with LES-SMI simulations using data mining
Tabib, Mandar; Rasheed, Adil; Fonn, Eivind; Siddiqui, Muhammad Salman; Kvamsdal, Trond (Journal article, 2017)Accurate prediction of power generation capability needs proper assessment of blade loading and wake behavior. In this regard, the Sliding Mesh Interface (SMI) approach and the Actuator Line Model (ALM) are two diverse ... -
A nested multi-scale model for assessing urban wind conditions : Comparison of Large Eddy Simulation versus RANS turbulence models when operating at the finest scale of the nesting
Tabib, Mandar; Midtbø, Knut Helge; Rasheed, Adil; Kvamsdal, Trond; Skaslien, Tor (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Good understanding of micro-scale urban-wind phenomena is needed for optimizing power generation capabilities of building-integrated wind turbines and for safety of futuristic urban transport involving drones. The current ... -
Numerical Analysis of NREL 5MW Wind Turbine: A Study Towards a Better Understanding of Wake Characteristic and Torque Generation Mechanism
Siddiqui, Muhammad Salman; Rasheed, Adil; Tabib, Mandar; Kvamsdal, Trond (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)With the increased feasibility of harvesting offshore wind energy, scale of wind turbines is growing rapidly and there is a trend towards clustering together higher number of turbines in order to harvest maximum yield and ... -
Numerical benchmarking of fluid–structure interaction: An isogeometric finite element approach
Nordanger, Knut; Rasheed, Adil; Okstad, Knut Morten; Kvarving, Arne Morten; Holdahl, Runar; Kvamsdal, Trond (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)In this paper we describe and evaluate an isogeometric finite element program, IFEM-FSI, for doing coupled fluid–structure interaction simulations. We investigate the role played by employing higher polynomial orders and ... -
Numerical investigation of modeling frameworks and geometric approximations on NREL 5 MW wind turbine
Siddiqui, Muhammad Salman; Rasheed, Adil; Tabib, Mandar; Kvamsdal, Trond (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)The key to the better design of an industrial scale wind turbine is to understand the influence of blade geometry and its dynamics on the complicated flow-structures. An industrial-scale wind turbine can be numerically ... -
Quasi-Static & Dynamic Numerical Modeling of Full Scale NREL 5MW Wind Turbine
Siddiqui, Muhammad Salman; Rasheed, Adil; Fonn, Eivind; Tabib, Mandar; Kvamsdal, Trond (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Simulations of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) 5MW wind turbine under quasi-static Multiple Reference Frame (MRF) and dynamic Sliding Mesh Interface (SMI) methodologies are presented. Two reference zone ... -
Reduced order models for finite-volume simulations of turbulent flow around wind-turbine blades
Tsiolakis, Vasileios; Kvamsdal, Trond; Rasheed, Adil; Fonn, Eivind; Brummelen, Harald van (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)The computational cost of the design optimisation of wind turbines, as well as the optimisation of the operation and maintenance of offshore wind farms represents a limitation to the application of conventional simulation ... -
Simulation of airflow past a 2D NACA0015 airfoil using an isogeometric incompressible Navier-Stokes solver with the Spalart-Allmaras turbulence model
Nordanger, Knut; Holdahl, Runar; Kvamsdal, Trond; Kvarving, Arne Morten; Rasheed, Adil (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)The work presented in this paper concerns the efforts of conducting a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation of air flow past a fixed 2D NACA0015 airfoil at high Reynolds number (Re=2.5×106Re=2.5×106) using an ... -
Spline based Mesh Generator for high fidelity simulation of flow around turbine blades
Fonn, Eivind; Rasheed, Adil; Kvarving, Arne Morten; Kvamsdal, Trond (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Mesh generation involving complex geometries, such as wind turbine blades, is highly complicated. The problem is generally addressed using tetrahedral meshes, or hybrid meshes with hexahedral elements close to the body and ...