UNH-RVAT baseline performance and near-wake measurements

This repository contains the processing and plotting code, as well as the derived data set from the UNH-RVAT tow tank measurements performed in Spring 2013.

Download/usage

To download, use the git clone URL to the right. For example, in a terminal

git clone https://github.com/UNH-CORE/UNH-RVAT-baseline.git

To generate plots, run plot.py with Python or IPython. Also see this IPython notebook for examples.

To reprocess all data, execute python process.py.

To contribute back to the main repository, use GitHub's fork/pull mechanism.

Dependencies

Most dependencies are present in the Anaconda Python Distribution (3.5). To install the rest automatically, run

pip install pytdms pxl>=0.0.9

How to cite

Please cite

@Misc{Bachant2014-RVAT-baseline,
  Title                    = {UNH-RVAT baseline performance and near-wake measurements: Reduced dataset and processing code},
  Author                   = {Peter Bachant and Martin Wosnik},
  HowPublished             = {fig\textbf{share}. http://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.1080781},
  Month                    = {June},
  Year                     = {2014},
  Doi                      = {10.6084/m9.figshare.1080781},
  Url                      = {http://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.1080781}
}

Publications

These data were used in the following publications:

Commit 478fdd5

Bachant, P. and Wosnik, M. (2015) [Characterising the near-wake of a cross-flow turbine] (http://doi.org/10.1080/14685248.2014.1001852). Journal of Turbulence

@Article{Bachant2015-JoT,
  Title                    = {Characterising the near-wake of a cross-flow turbine},
  Author                   = {Peter Bachant and Martin Wosnik},
  Journal                  = {Journal of Turbulence},
  Year                     = {2015},
  Month                    = {January},
  Number                   = {4},
  Pages                    = {392-410},
  Volume                   = {16},
  Doi                      = {10.1080/14685248.2014.1001852}
}

Commit f8cc166

Bachant, P. and Wosnik, M. (2013) [Performance and near-wake measurements for a vertical axis turbine at moderate Reynolds number] (http://doi.org/10.1115/FEDSM2013-16575).

@InProceedings{Bachant2013,
  Title                    = {Performance and near-wake measurements for a vertical axis turbine at moderate {R}eynolds number},
  Author                   = {Bachant, Peter and Wosnik, Martin},
  Booktitle                = {Proceedings of the ASME Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting},
  Year                     = {2013},
  Address                  = {Incline Village, NV},
  Month                    = {July},
  Number                   = {FEDSM2013-16575},
  Doi                      = {10.1115/FEDSM2013-16575}
}

Other resources

Turbine CAD (STEP) files are available at http://figshare.com/articles/UNH_RVAT_CAD_models/1062009

License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.