This study takes a two-degree-of-freedom (pitching and plunging) wind turbine airfoil as the research project
for which an aeroelastic model is established. An airfoil dynamic stall model
which accounts for secondary dynamic stall vortices
is introduced as the nonlinear aerodynamic model. The effects of the aerodynamic and structural nonlinearity factors on the critical flutter speed and the post-flutter dynamic characteristics of the airfoil are analyzed under the influence of vertical turbulence. The results show that the influence of vertical turbulence on the magnitude of incoming flow velocity is weak
but it significantly disturbs the incoming flow angle of attack and causes large fluctuations in the nonlinear aerodynamic force
resulting in a lower critical flutter speed and increased vibration. Vertical turbulence destroys the synchronization of the two-degree-of-freedom vibration and changes the flutter type of the system. With increasing inflow velocity
the system vibrates more substantially
and the influence of structural nonlinearity on the aeroelastic response is more obvious.
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