Stochastic Modeling of the Dynamics of a Wind Turbine Using Matlab and MSC.ADAMS

Abstract

Due to the reduction of available fossil energy resources and also safety problems and high cost of nuclear energy, the number of researches related to renewable energies, especially wind energy is increasing. This paper presents a simplified wind turbine model in MATLAB and MSC.ADAMS.
The vibration of the blade tip is analyzed considering uncertainties in several parameters, such as wind speed, material and dimensional properties. A probabilistic approach together with the Monte Carlo method is used to propagate these uncertainties throughout the numerical model and to perform a sensitivity analysis. A comparison between results of solving the equations using MATLAB, and simulation of wind turbine using discrete flexible link in MSC.ADAMS design evaluation is presented.