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add spar cap width/angle based blade structure component #52

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fzahle opened this issue Jan 15, 2015 · 1 comment
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add spar cap width/angle based blade structure component #52

fzahle opened this issue Jan 15, 2015 · 1 comment
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fzahle commented Jan 15, 2015

the blade structure parameterisation is now generalized and there's no method to specify the chordwise position of the spar cap, its angle relative to the rotor plane and width. a component that either simply computes these properties which could then be used for constraints is one option, another option is to have these quantities available as design variables.

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fzahle commented Jan 21, 2015

Related to this, create a setup method for defining the blade structure from scratch which at present is not so easy. the method should add necessary regions and webs:

setup_bladestructure(nr=11, nw=3)

and placement of region boundaries should be based on the chordwise fraction, since the surface fraction is not intuitive.

for placement of the spar cap, the user should be able to specify e.g. maximum thickness location or chordwise fraction as well as angle.

@fzahle fzahle self-assigned this Jan 21, 2015
@dykesk dykesk added this to the 0.2.0 milestone Jun 3, 2015
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