------- TurbSim Input File ------------------------------------------------- Sample TurbSim input file --- SIMULATION CONTROL --- False Echo - Echo input data to .ech (flag) 2318573 RandSeed1 - First random seed (-2147483648 to 2147483647) RANLUX RandSeed2 - Second random seed (-2147483648 to 2147483647) 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) False WrADTWR - Output tower time-series data? (Generates RootName.twr) 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) False Clockwise - Clockwise rotation looking downwind? (used only for full-field binary files - not necessary for AeroDyn) 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----------------------- 24 NumGrid_Z - Vertical grid-point matrix dimension 24 NumGrid_Y - Horizontal grid-point matrix dimension 1. TimeStep - Time step [seconds] 10.0 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') 110.0 HubHt - Hub height [m] (should be > 0.5*GridHeight) 218.0 GridHeight - Grid height [m] 156.0 GridWidth - Grid width [m] (should be >= 2*(RotorRadius+ShaftLength)) 0.0 VFlowAng - Vertical mean flow (uptilt) angle [degrees] 0.0 HFlowAng - Horizontal mean flow (skew) angle [degrees] --------Meteorological Boundary Conditions------------------- IECKAI TurbModel - Turbulence model unused 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") ) 6.0 IECturbc - Turbulence intensity (fraction) for custom DLCs, if default (-1), the class letter will be used 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 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') unused ProfileFile - Name of the file that contains input profiles for WindProfileType='USR' and/or TurbModel='USRVKM' [-] 110.0 RefHt - Height of the reference velocity (URef) [m] 6.0 URef - URef is an input to TurbSim, but it's not honored in WEIS. Please use the wind_speed input to each DLC instead. default ZJetMax - Jet height [m] (used only for JET velocity profile, valid 70-490 m) 0.2 PLExp - Power law exponent [-] (or 'default'), if default (-1), the environment option shear_exp will be used for all DLCs 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 uw Reynolds stress [m^2/s^2] (or 'default' or 'none') default PC_UV - Hub mean uv Reynolds stress [m^2/s^2] (or 'default' or 'none') default PC_VW - Hub mean vw 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------------------- unused CTEventPath - Name of the path where event data files are located RANDOM CTEventFile - Type of event files True Randomize - Randomize the disturbance scale and locations? (true/false) 1.0 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