Getting wind speed at arbitrary location and time
Category: Environmental Condition - Wind
Problem
I need to obtain the wind velocity at a given (X,Y,Z,t) - or perhaps need to calculate the entire wind field across the turbine for verification purposes etc. I need to be able to include all additional wind effects such as shear, tower shadow and upstream wake, so just parsing the turbulence file won't do.
Solution
As of Bladed 4.10 you can now do this using the External Loads DLL. See the release notes for 4.10 for a quick overview.
Keywords wind; turbulence; velocity; External Loads DLL