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SAND80-ll55 Unlimited Release

A USER'S MANUAL FOR THE VERTICAL AXIS WIND TURBINE PERFORMANCt COMPUTER CODE DARTER

Paul C. Klimas and Ralph E. French

UC-60

SF 2900 ·008(3-74)

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DISCLAIMER

This report was prepared as an account of work sponsored by an agency of the United States Government. Neither the United States Government nor any agency Thereof, nor any of their employees, makes any warranty, express or implied, or assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed, or represents that its use would not infringe privately owned rights. Reference herein to any specific commercial product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the United States Government or any agency thereof. The views and opinions of authors expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the United States Government or any agency thereof.

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DISCLAIMER

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Issued by Sandia Laboratories, operated for the United States Department of Energy by Sandia Corporation.

NOTICE

This report was prepared as an account of work sponsored by the United States Government. Neither the United States nor the Department of Energy, nor any of their employees, nor any of their contractors, subcontractors, or their employees, makes any warranty, express or implied, or assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product or process disclosed, or represents that its use would not infringe privately owned rights.

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SAND80-1155

A USER'S MANUAL FOR THE VERTICAL AXIS WIND TURBINE PERFORMANCE COMPUTER

CODE DARTER

Paul C. Klimas

Ralph E. French

.------------DISCLAIMER -------------.

This book was prepared as an account of work sponsored by an agency of tho United States Government, Neither the United States Government nor any agency thereof. nor any of their employees, makes any warranty, express or implied, or assumes any legal liability or responsibility lor the accuracy, completeness. or usefulness of any information, apparatus. product, or process disclosed, or represents that its use ..-.ould not infringe privately owned rights. Reference herein to any specific commercial product, process. or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise, does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the United States Government Of any agency thereof. The views and opinions of authors expressed herein do not flecwaruy state Ul' r~rtl!l.:t tiiU:.euf tloe u.-,itcd Gt6tCl co .. etntl'lllnl Of any agoncy thorVtJf.

DISTRIBUTION OF THIS OOCtiMENT IS UllliM;T~

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Contents

~·. Nomenclature 3

Introduction 5 )

Program Theory 5

Program Usage 6

References 1 3

APPENDIX A - Mo<111lP. [Jiagram 14

APPENDIX B - Program Flow Diagram 1 5

APPENDIX c - Program Listing 1 6

APPENDIX D Sample Control Stream at SNL 28

APPENDIX E - Sample Output 30

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Nomenclature

As Turbine swept area

c Blade chord

C~,n Blade section lift, normal force coefficient,

~' n

Cd'a Blade section drag, axial force coefficient~

c

D

J

L

N

p

Q

R

p

d ,_ a

Blade section moment coe.fficient,

Zero wind drag coefficient

Turbine drag coefficient,

Power coefficient, Qw

Turbine torque coefficient,

Turbine drag v <Xl

Advance ratio, Rw

Power coefficient,

Blade length

Number of blades

Wind shear exponent

Qw

Turbine aerodynamic torque

Turbine maximum radius

D

m

112 v2 2 p<Xl c

Q

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X

z-· max

\)

w

p Rwc 00

Chord Reyno~ds number, l-100

Average·,freestream velocity at turbine centerline

Average freestream velocity at reference height Rw Turbine tipspeed ratio, -voo

Turbine height

Blade section angle of attack

Freestream viscosity

Freestream kinematic viscosity

Freestream. density /

Turbine rotation~l speed . I

SolidJty, ~cl s

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SANDB0-1155 A USER'S MANUAL FOR THE COMPUTER CODE DARTER

Introduction

The computer code DARTER (DARrieus Turbine, Elemental

Reynolds number) is an aerodynamic performance/loads predic-

tion scheme based upon the conservation of momentum princi-

ple. It is the latest evolution in a sequence which began·

with a model developed by Templin 1 of NRC, Canada and pro-

gressed through the Sandia National Laboratories-developed

SIMOSS 2 (Simple MOmentum, Single Streamtube) and DART 3

(DARrieus Turbine) to DARTER. '

Program Theory

The basic theory u~on which DARTER is based was first

reported 1 in a model which takes the rotor to be enclosed

in a single streamtube. Wind velocity across the area swept

by the rotor is assumed constant. By choosing some value

of this velocity, a combination of the simple actuator-disc

momentum model and blade-element theory will give the far-

·field windspeed, turbine power, torque and drag for a tur­

bine with given blade characteristics, rotational speed,

and geometry. In SIMOSS 2 an iteration is incorporated which

allows the (upstream) far-field windspeed to be treated as

an input while wind velncity across the rotor-swept area is

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calculated. DART 3 dtffers from SIMOSS in that a multiple·

streamtube system is used; i.e., the swept area is modeled

by an arbitrary number of adjacent and aerodynamically

independent areas over which the conservation of momentum

principle is applied. Advantages gained by this more de­

tailed modeling stem from allowing disc-area-windspeeds to

vary from section to section. DARTER is an extension "of

DART which h~s the capability of u!inq airfoil data ~~~~~

upon elemental Reynolds numbers. When combined with the

ability of treating the effects of wind shear, DARTER repre­

sents the most.detailed. momentum based· Darrieus turbine

aerodynamic model reported to date. Comp~rison~ between

measured performance and that predicted by DARTER. and

certain other models are reported in Ref. 4.

Progrilm ll~ii!JP

DARTER is a reasonably versatile code and possesses

options which are intended to make it useful to users with

varied.requirements. It allows selection of one of three

constant chord blade planforms: 1) straight line/circular

arc troposkien approximation, 2) parabolic, or 3) straight­

blade geometries. Any symmetrical blade profile may be

cho~en, providing sufficient section data· are available.

Any number of blades may be treated. Varying degrees of

atmospheric wind shear may be included through stipulation

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of a powe~ law profile. Up to 24 different op~rating condi­

tions may be examined at any· one time by setting one value

of any of turbine angular velocity~ ambient windspeed or

equatorial tipspeed ratio and varying either one of the

remaining two parameters· over a prescribed range. Logarith­

mic or linear blade airfoil sectiori data interpolation with

Reynolds number·m~y be chosen. ·The blade section data may

be either in the form or normal and axial force coefficients ·-

vs. angle-of-attack or lift and drag coefficients· vs angle-

of~attack. These may be i~put via cards·or from disc~

The following quantities are required inputs to DA~TER:

Description

Number of blades

Number of azimuthal integration steps, upwind half of rotor

Number of vertical integration steps, l~wer half of rotor

Turbine maximum r~dius

Turbine ~eight

Blade Chord

Kinematic viscosttj

Atmosphetic density

Shear e~ponent

Symbol

NUMB

NTH

NZBAR

RMAX

ZMAX

CHORD .

NU

RHO

p .

Units

None

None

None

m

. m 2 m /sec

kg/m 3

None ·

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Vertical distance from ground plane to rotor bottom

* Reference anemometer height above ground plane

Turbine angular velocity, w

Ambient windspeed at reference height, Voo

Equatorial tipspeed ratio, Rw/V .

00

Numh~r of conditions to be cal­culated in a single code running

Tabulated blade section angle . of aftack, a.

Tabulited blade s~ction n6rmal or lift coefficient

Tabulated blade section axial or drag coefficient

Tabulated blade section moment coefficient

ZGC

ZR

RPM

VINF

XCL

NXCL

TAA

TCN

TCA

TCM

m

m

rev/min

m/sec

None

None

Degrees

None

None

None

*The effects of wind shear are calculated according to

V/V = ([Z + ZGC]/[ZR + ZGC])p 00

where V is the ambient air speed corresponding to a given height, Z.

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·The required inP.ut data take the following form:

Card

1,2,3

4

Description

Title cards, 80 columns/card

NUMB, NTH, NZBAR, IFLG(I), I= 21, 28

I5 format is used for the first three quanti­ties. Il format is used for the IFLG(I) array. This array keys various options and

- is defined as follows.

- 1FLG(21) ~ 0 will cause each iteration on streamtube velocity to be printed.

- IFLG(22) is used to select blade planform geometry. For IFLG(22) = 1, the blades will be of the straight line circular arc tropo­skien ·approximation. If IFLG(22) = 2, the planform.will be parabolic. Straight blades are chosen if IFLG(?2) = 3.

- IFLG(23) selects the angular velocity-free­stream velocity tipspeed ratio combination

Parameter IFLG(23) Single Fixed Incremented Calculated

0 RPM X v 00

1 RPM v X 00

2 v X RPM 00

3 v RPM X 00

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6

1 0

- IFLG(~4) sets the H/0 ratio for straight line­circular arc straight line troposkien approxi­~~tion blade planform. For IFLG(24) = 0, H/0 = 1.0 and for IFLG(24) = 1, H/0 = 1.5.

- IFLG(25) chooses the type.of i·nterpolation on Reynolds number used in the ~ection data lists. If IFLG(2.5) = 0, logarithmic inter­polation follows. For IFLG(25) f ·0~ linear interpolation is used.

IFLG(26) selecfs the proper form of ·the blade airfoil section coefficients. If the section data lists are in the en~ Ca vs a form, set IFLG(26) = 0. J.f of the form c

1, Cd vs a,

set IFLG(26) ~ 0.

- IFLG(27) depends upon the manner 1n which the blade airfoil section data are read. If IFLG(27) = 0, the data lists are read on a card-by-card bas1s. When IFLG(27) r 0, .the data are attached from a permanent file.

- IFLG(28). If IFLG(28) = 0, the blade section data are printed. For IFLG(28) ~ 0, the data are not printed.

RMAX, ZMAX, CHORD, NU, RHO, P, ZGC, ZR. The format here is FlO.O.

NXCL and, depending upon the value of IFLG(2~),

either RPM or V. If IFLG(23) is 0 or 1, RPM 00

is input. For IFLG(23) = 2 or 3, Voo is input.

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7,(8),(9)

8 (or 9) (or 10)

Format for NXCL is IlO, that for RPM or V J 00

is FlO.O. NXCL cannot exceed 24.

Input here are values of X, V00

, X or RPM, if IFLG(23)-= 0, 1, 2 o~ 3, respectively. The format is FlO.O, and there can be up to 8 values/card.

These are the blade airfoil section data inputs. Data for up to 15 different values

· of Reynolds number (Re) can be accommodated. The first card in any of the up to 15 sets has the appropriate value of Re in a FlO.O format. The last 70 columns are used for a· title. The femaining cards in any Re set · each have I, TAA, TCN, TCA, and TCM in a Il, FlO.O format. Data for up to 182 values of TAA can be used. I is either 0, 1, or 2 depending upon whether the data card is not the last card i~ a Re· set, the last card in an intermediate Re set, or the last card in the last Re set, respectively.

The following are DARTER output quantities.

Description Symbol. Units

Advance Ratio, V /Rw 1/XCL 00

None

. Power coefficient based on rotational KPE3 None speed, KP x 103

Tipspecd ratio, Rw/V XCL 00

None

Power coefficient based on ambient CP None windspeed, cp

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1 2

Turbi.ne (average) dras coefficient, CD

Turbine (average) torque coefficient, CQ

Turbine angular velocity, w

Reference ambient wiridspeed,·Vref

Blade equatorial Reynolds number, Rec

Averuge turbine torque

Average turbine power

·Average tu~bine drag ·

CT

CQ

RPM

VREF

REC

TORQUE

POWER

DRAG

None

None

revolutions/ minute

meters/sec

None

Newton-n1eters

Kilowatts

Newtons

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References

1. R. J. Templin, 11 Aerodynamic Performance Theory for the NRC Vertical-Axis Wind Turbine, 11 Report LTR-LA-160, National Aeronautical Establishment of Canada, June 1974-

2. User's Manual for SIMOSS, Sandia National Laboratories (to be published).

3. J. H. Strickland, The Darrieus Turbine: A Performance Prediction Model Using Multiple Streamtubes, SAND75-0431, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, October 1975.

4. P. C. Klimas, R. E. Sheldahl, Four Aerodynamic Prediction Schemes for Vertical Axis Wind Turbines: A Compendium, SAND78-0014, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, June 1978.

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APPENDIX A

Module. Diagram

:PROGRAM WIND .; .... . SUB ROUTINE ..... ,.

GEOM

.... ... SUBROUTINE ..... ,.. GRHS ·

...... ~~ .

,, '

;

.., .. SUBROUTINE '

, SUBROUTINE LOOK2D LOOK

..

Module Description Program WIND

Wind functions as the main calling program performing all input and output operations. WIND also handles the aerodynamic performance calculations. · ' 1

Subroutine GEOM

GEOM evaluates all the blade geometry.

Subroutine GRHS

GRHS evaluates local angle of attack, relative wind speed, blade Reynolds number, and thrust forces. Also, GRHS serves as caller to subroutine-LOOK2D.

Subroutin~ LOOK2D

LOOK2D performs a two-dimensional linear interpolation on a two­dim~nsional matrix and calls subroutine LOOK.

Subroutine LOOK

LOOK does 1-D interpolation computations.

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Start

/

Input

........

Compute

Tabulate

List

........

APPENDIX B

Program Flow Diagram

General

List

Converge contribu forces

Performa

' problem parameters

All input information

d solution for induc~d velocity and tion to torque and thrust blade

nee data

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PROGRAM WIND<INPUTtTAPE5=INPUT,OUTPUTtTAPE6=0UTPUTtTAPE7,TAPE1Ct 1 TAPE20tTAPE39tTAPEJ3)

COMMON/TABLES/ IL0<200ltiHI(200JtiR<2~·0lt DEN~ lEX~ 1 VR

COMMON/GEOM/BETA,BETA2tZBAR(101)tRBAR<101JtASORZtSINGAH(101) 1 tASOS2

DIMENSION ERR<3>tTVCL<~O)tTRPMl40ltTXCL(~0) COHMON/STRUT/VFSOVCL(10l)tVCLtNUtlREtTRE<15ltTAA<182t15>t

1 TCN<182tl5JtTCA(l82t15)tTCHll82t15ltOIMtXl4),DX(4)t 2 OEGTRtKtiFLGl20ltKOUT,VBLADEtiFTAtiTER

DIMENSION LHEA0(24ltTITC(7t9l DIMENSION VfS(2),CQF(2ltCTFl2ltA1(2,3J,VOVFS(2)tAl2) REAL NCORtNUtLHS DATA OEGTR/57.29577951/ DATA PI /3.1415926535898/ DATA KINtKOUT/5,6/

.NMOOll) = 1 + I - ll/3)•3

C INPUT GENERAL.PROBLEH PARAMETERS C•****~*****************************************************************

ICNT = 0 10 CONTINUE

ICNT = ICNT + 1 READlKINt1000)lLHEA0(1Jti=lt24)

1000 FORMAT(8A10) IF<EOF(KIN)) 9999t20

20 CONTINUE READ<KINt1020) NUHBtNTH,NZBARtiDUHt<IFLG(I)tl=1,20)

1020 FORHAT<4I5t20Il) KAD = KIN IFliFLG<7>.NEe0) KAD = 10 IHO = IFLGl4) REAO<KINt1010) RMAXtZHAXtCHOROtNUtRHOt?tZGCtZR, IF<ZGC.LTeleOE-06) ZGC = 1eOE-Oo ZCL = ZGC + ZHAX IF<ZR.LT.l.OE-08) ZR = l• VCLOVR = <ZCL/ZRJ••P

10~0 FORMAT(8f10.0) !SHEAR = Q IF<P.GT.1eOE-08) !SHEAR = 1 NCOR = FLOAT<NUHB>•CHORD/RMAX IGEOH = IFLG(2) liN = IFLG(3) -+ 1 GO TO (30t40t50t60) liN

C*******~*************************************************************** C FIXED RPH WITH RANGE OF TIP SPEED RATIOS C•**********************************************************************

30 CONTINUE REAO<KINt3000) NXCLtRPH

3000 FORHAT(I10t7F10.0) REAO<KINt3010) <TXCL(IJti=ltNXCL)

3010 FORMATl8F10.0) DO 35 I=ltNXCL TXCL<I> = TXCL(I)/VCLOVR TRPH(I) = RPM TVCL(I) = RMAX•RPH•2.•PI/l60.•TKCL(I))

35 CONTINUE 1 7

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GO TO 70 C*********************************************************************** C FIXED RPM WITH RANGE OF FREE STREAM VELOCITIES C***********************************************************************

t\0 CONTINUE REAOCKINt3000J NXCLtRPM READCKINt3010J (TVCLCIJti=1tNXCLJ DO 45 1=1tNXCL TVCL(l) : TVCL(IJ•VCLOVR TRPM( I) : RPH TXCL<IJ = RMAX•RPH~2.•PI/(60.•TVCLCIJJ

45 CONTINUE GO TO 70

C*********************************************************************** C FIXED VFS FOR A RANGE OF TIP SPEED RATIOS C***********************************************************************

50 CONTINUE READCKINt3000J NXCLtVCL READ( K1Nt301 0 J (TXCL( I J t I·=ltN XCL J VCL = VCL•VCLOVR DO 55I=1tNXCL TXCLCIJ = TXCL(IJ/VCLOVR TVCL<IJ = VCL TRPMCIJ = VCL•TXCLCIJ•60./C2.•PI•RHAXJ

55 CONTINUE GO TO 70

C•********************************************************************** C FIXED FREE STREAM VELOCITY FOR·~ RANG~ OF ROTATIONAL SPEEDS C***********************************************************************

60 CONTINUE READCKINt30QOJ NXCLtVCL READCKINt3010J CTRPHCIJti=ltNXCL) VCL = VCL•VCLOVR DO 65 I=ltNXCL TVCLCIJ = VCL TXCL<IJ = RMAX•TRPMCIJ*2e•PI/(6G.•VCLJ

65 CONTINUE 70. CONTINUE

C*********************************************************************** C READ IN NORMAL AND TANGENTIAL FaRCE COEFFICIENTS AS A FUNCTION OF C ANGLE OF ATTACK FOR A SERIES OF CHORD REYNOLDS NUMBERS. C THE TABULAR LIMITS FOR THE FORCE.COEFFICIENT"OATA ARE STORED IN C THE FOLLOWING OROER-- REYNOLDS NUMBER IFTA + 10 C ANGLE OF ATTACK IFTA + 1 THiW IFTA + 9 C*******************************************~***************************

IFCICNT.NE.1J GO TO 125 IFTA = 0 J = 0

100 CONTINUE J = J + 1 ·JJ = IFTA + J ILOCJJJ = IRCJJJ = 1 REAOCKADt1100J lRE(JJ,triTCCitJJti=lt1J

1100 FORMATCF10.0t7A10J I = 0

110 CONTINUE. l = I + 1 RtADCKADt1110J IFLAGtTAACitJJtTCA(I~JJ,TCNCI,JJtTCH(ltJJ

1110 FORHATClltF9.0t7F10.0J C***********************************************************************.

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C THE PARAMETER IFLAG OETER~INES WHAT ADDITIONAL FORCE AND MOMENT C DATA SHOULD BE READ IN C IFLAG = Ot READ ANOTHER ANGLE ·OF ATTACK, CARD FOR GIVEN RE C !FLAG = lt LAST ANGLE OF ATTACK CARD FOR GIVEN RE BUT AT LEAST 'C ONE .ADDITIONAL RE TABLE WILL FOLLOW C !FLAG= 2t LAST CARD OF FORCE AND MOH~NT DATA· C************************************************•**********************

OEGTR = 57.29577951 IF<IFLG(6).£Q.OJ GO TO 115 TCL=TCA(It..JJ TCD=TCNUt..JJ AA·= TAA<It..JJ/OEGTR SALP = SIN(AAJ CALP = COS<AAJ TCN(lt..JJ = TCL•CALP + TCO•SALP TCA<It..JJ = TCL•SALP - TCD•CALP

115 CONTINUE IHH..JJ) = I IFPl = IFLAG + 1 GO TO <110t100t12Gt117J IFPl

117 IFLAG=1 GO TO 100

120 CONTINUE IRE=IFTA+15 NRE : IHI<IREJ = ..J ILO<IREJ = IR<IREJ = 1

125 CONTINUE C•• ** * * * *** ** *** ** ** *** **** *** ** *** ***** **** * * ** * *** * ***** ** ...... ******** *** C PRINT OUT ALL OF THE INPUT INFORMATION (***********************************************************************

WRITE<KOUTt2000J 2000 FORMAT(lHlJ

WR1TE(KOUTt2002J(LHEAD<IJtl=lt2') 2002 FORMAT<10Xt8A10J

WRITE<KOUTt2005J 2005 FORHAT<lOXt8A10)

WRITE<KOUTt2010J NCORtRMAXtZHAXtC~ORDtNUtRHO 2010 FORHAT<12X•NC/R•4X•RHAX•5X•ZHAX•4K•CH0~0•1X•NU*lOX•RHO•/

1 10XF6.3t2(2XF7e2Jt2XF7.3t2(2XE10.3)J WRITE<KOUTt2015J PtZGCtZR

2015 FORHAT<11X•EXP•6X•ZGC•7X•ZR•/10KF.5.3t2XF7.2t2XF7e2/J WRITE<KOUTt103~J NUMBtiGEOH;NTHtNZBAR

1030 FORHAT(//10X•NUMB IGEOM NDTH. NDZ•/11XI2t5XIlt~XI3t3Xl2J WRITE<KOUTt1035J <Iti=21t40J

1035 FORMAT<10Xt20<1Xtl2JJ WRITE(KOUTt1035J <IFLG(IJti=1t2lJ

. IF<IFLG(8J.EQ.OJ GO TO 127 WRITE<KOUTt1000J <TITC<ItlJti=lt7J GO TO 136

127 CONtiNUE 00 135 J=ltNRE WRITE<KOUTtl040J TRE<JJ,(llTC<I,JJ,I=lt7J

1040 FORMAJ(//10X•RE = •E10.3t5X7AlOI/12X*'LPHA*SX•CN•7X•CA*7X•CH•/) II = IHI<JJ 00 130 I=ltii WRITE<KOUTtlOSOJ TAA<ItJJtTCN(I,JJtTCA(ItJJtTCH(ItJl

1050 FORMAT<lOXF7.2t3<2XF7.4JJ 130 CONTI NU£ 135 CONTINUE 136 CONTINUE

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IFCIFLGCSI.NE.O.OReiCNT.NE.ll GO TO 138 00 137 '-'=ltNRE TREC'-'1 = ALOG<TREC'-'))

137 CONTINUE 138 CONTINUE

BETA : RMAX/ZHAX BETA2 = BETA~•2 EPS = 0.0 KMAX = NZBAR + 1 + ISHEAR•CNZBA~ - 1) DZBAR = le/FLOATINZBARI ZBARCL = ZCL/ZMAX DO 140 K=1 tKMAX ZBAR(K) = FLOATCK-11•DZBAR-l.O VFSOVCL(K) = Cl. + ZBARCK)/ZBARCLI••P

140 CONTINUE CALL GEOH(IGEOMtKHAXtiHO) AS : ASORZ•RMAX•ZMAX S = SQRTCAS/ASOS2) SIG = FLOATCNUMBJ•CHORD•S/AS WRITEC6t2040) SIG

2040 FORMATClOX*SOLIOITY = •F8.4) WRITECKOUTt2020)

2020 FORHAT(3X*M*t2~•1/XCL•t2X•KP E3•t3X•XCL•t6X•CP•t5X•CT•,6X•CQ•, 1 4X•RPM•t4X•VREF•e6X•REC•t6X•TORQUE*t5K*POWER•,SX•DRAG*) KPl.: KP1 - ISHEAR

C************************************•********************************** C BEGIN TIP SPEED ·RATIO LOOP C************************************•**********************************

00 600 M=ltNXCL RPM = TRPMUU VCL = TVCL(M) XCL = TXCL(M) VBLADE = RMAX•RPM•2.•PII60. KCL = VBLADE/VCL REC = VBLADE•CHORD/NU CQ = CT = 0.0 SINEPS = SINCEPSI COSEP3 = C03(EP3J NTHPl = NTH + 1 OTH = PI/FLOATCNTH) TH = -DTH I ERR = 0 0

C*********************************************************************** C BEGIN THETA INTEGRATION LOOP C*************************************************•*********************

DO 500 L=1tNTHP1 · CTSUM = CQSUM = CLLSUM = CFSUM = 0.0

A(l) = A(2) = o.o 1\FST -::- 0.0 TH :: TH + DTH THO = TH•DEGTR SINTH = SINCTH) COSTH = COSCTH)

C**********************************************•************************ C BEGIN ZBAR INTEGRATION LOOP C********************************************•**************************

DO 400 K=2tKMAX IF<IFLG(l).NE.O) WRITECKOUTt600Q) THDtRBAR(K)9ZBAR(KitSINGAHCKI

6000 FORMAT(lXt•THETA = •F6.1• RBAR = •F6.3• ZBAR = •F6.3• SINGAM = * 1 F6.3/2K•ITER•t1X•ALPHA•t6X•RE•t5X•W/Vf•t6X•CN•t6X•CA*t7X•CM•t

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2 6X•ANEW•tSX•AOLD•t7X•ERR•t7X•R~S•tSX•LHS•t7X•VFSL•t~X•V/VFSL• 3 2X•W/VFSLSQ•)

CQF(2) = CTFC2> = 0.0 VFSCll = VFSOVCL(K)•VCL VFSR2 = VFSOVCLCK>••2 XFS = XCL/VFSOVCLCK> JJ = 1

(*********************************************************************** C BEGIN ITERATION LOOP ON INTERFERENCE FACTOR AICJtN>--J=lt UPWIND (***********************************************************************

00 300 J = 1tJJ ERRMIN : 10000. ITER = 0 IFCK.EQ.2) AI<Jtl> = AFST AI(Jt1> : A(J) AICJt2> = AICJtl> + 0.05

200 CONTINUE N = NMODCITER> IMl = ITER - 1 NM1 = NMODCIMl> ITER:::: ITER +-1 NP1 = NMODCITER) IF<ABS<SINTH>.LE·l•OE-10) AICJ,N) = O.l VOVFS(J) = l• - AI<J•N> LHS = 4.•AICJtN>•VOVFS<J>

(*********************************************************************** C IF<AICJtN>.GT.O.S> LHS = leO (***********************************************************************

CALL GRHSCOtSINTH.SINGAMCKltRBA~(K)tCOSTHtSINEPStCOSEPStCHORDt 1 ALPHADtCNtCA,CMtWOVFS2tRHStVFS(J)tVOVFS(J))

IFCABS<SINTH).LT.l.OE-10) GO TO 220 RHS = RHS•NCOR/PI ERRCN> = RHS - LHS

(*********************************************************************** C APPLY MODIFIED ~EGULA-FALSI METHOD TO FORCE ERROR TERM TO ZERO C•• ** * * **** * * ***** ** ******* *** * * *** *** * *** **-* * ******* **** ** ***** *****·** *

IFCITER.LT.2) GO TO 200 FP = CERRCN> - ERRCNMl>>I<AICJ,N) - AICJ;NMl>> DERR = ERRCN>/FP AICJtNPl> = AICJtN> - OERR IFCAICJtNPl>.GT.l.O> AI<JtNPll = AICJ,~> - OeOS•OERR/ABSCDERR> ERRF = ABSCOERR> . IFCABS<ERRMIN).LT.ABSCERRCN>>> GO TO 220 ERRMIN = ERR(N) ASAVE = AICJtN)

220 CONTINUE .IFCIFLGC1).NE.O> WRITECKOUTt500D> AICJtNPl>tAICJtN>tERRCN>tRHSt 1 LHStVFS(J)tVOVFS<J>tWOVFS2

5000 FORMATC1H+t57Xt2C2XF7.4)t2XE10.3t2C1X=7.4)t2XF7.2t2XF7.~p2XF8.3) IF<ABSCSINTH).LT•l•DE-10> GO TO 230 . IF<<ERRF.GT.1.0E-03).ANO.CITER.LE.10>> GO TO 200 IFCAICJtN>.LE.O.S) GO TO 225 AICJtNPl) = 0.5- l.OE-10 ITER = ITER + 30 GO TO 200

225 CONTINUE IFCITER.NE.ll> GO TO 230. FFF = - 1.0 IFCASAVE.LT.C.S> FFF = 1.0 AICJtNPll : ASAVE + FFF•l.OE-06

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IERR = IERR + 1 GO TO 200

230 CONTINUE If(K.EQ.2) AFST = AI<ltN) A(J) = Al(J,N)

C*************~*******************************~**********************~** C WE NOW HAVE A CONVERGED SOLUTION·FOR THE INDUCED VELOCITY C COMPUTE T:HE CONTRIBUTION. TO TORQUE ANO THRUST C*********************************************~****~****************~***

CQF(J) = R8AR<K>•WOVFS2•<CA•COSEPS - CN•SINEPSJ/SINGAMlK) CTF(J) = WOVFS2•<COSEPS•<CN•SINTH•SINGA~(K) - CA•COSTHJ

1 + SINEPS•<CA•SINTH•SINGAH<K> + CN•COSTH))/SINGAH(K) CQF(J) CQF(J)•VFSR2 CTF(J) = CTF<J>•VFSR2 VFS(2) = VFS(l)*(l. - 2.•A(1)) VFS(2) = AMAX1<VFS<2>,0.0) IF<IFLG(l).N£.0) WRITE(KOUTt501~) CTf(J),CQF(J)

5010 FORMATl82Xt~<lXElle4)) C**************************************~******************************** C COMPUTE THE BLADE FORCES WIICN Af)PLICA3LE C*****************~*****************************************************

DYNP = O.S•RHO•VFS(J)•*2 CLLLOC - WOVFS2w(CA•COSEPS - CN•SINEPSI CFLOC = WOVFS2•<CN•COSEPS + CA•SINEPS>

300 CONTINUE VFSRAT = (1. - 2.•A(1))**2 CQLOC = CQf(l) + CQF<2>•VFSRAT CTLOC = CTF<l> + CTF<2>•VFSRAT KMl = K - 1 KPl = K + 1 lf(K.EQ.l) KMl = KMl + 1 lf(K.EQ.KMAX) KPl = KPl - 1 FACTOR = 0.5•<ZBAR(KP1) - lRARl~Ml )) CTSUM = CTSUM ~ CTLOC•FACTOR CQSUH = CQSUM + CQLOC•FACTOR CFSUM = CFSUM + CF~OC•FACTOR CLLSUH = CLLSUM + CLLLOC•FACTOR

C*************************************'********************************* C THIS COMPLETES THE INTEGRATION OVlR T~E UPPER HALF OF THE ROTOR C SWEPT AREA (******************************•****************************************

400 CONTINU£ IF<IFLG<l>.NE•O) WRITE<KOUTt501Q) CLLSUH,CFSUHtCTSUHtCGSUM IF<L.EQ.l.OR.L.EQ.NTHPl) CQSUM = Q.S•CQSUM IF<L.EQ.l.OR.L.EQ.NTHPl) CTSUH = J.S•CTSUM CQ ·= CQ + CQSUM CT = CT + CTSUM

500 CONTINUE FF = NCOR•OTH/(2.~PI•ASORZ) CQ ·= CQ•FF CT = CT•FF

C*********************************************************************** C MULTIPLY BY A FACTOR TO ADO IN THE UPPER HALF AND DOWNWIND C PORTION OF THE ROTOR (***********************************************************************

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FF= 2.•FLOAT<2-ISHEAR> CQ = FF•CQ CT = FF•CT CP = CQ•XFS TORQUE = 0.5•RHO•RHAX•AS•CQ•VCL••2

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POWER : TORQUE•RPH•2.•PI/(60.•UOO.J THRUST = O.S•RHO•AS•CT•VCL••2 VREF : VCL/VCLOVR AOVR = 1./XCL RKP = CP•1000~/(XCLJ••3 WRITE<KOUTt5020J MtAOVR~RKPtXCLtC?tCT,CQ,RPM,VREFtRECtTORQUEt

1 POWERtTHRUSTtiERR . 5020 FORMAT<2XI2t1XF6e3t2<1XF6.2JtlXF7.4tl(F5.3tlXF7.4tlXF6.lt1XF7.2t

1 4C1XE10.3), 15J 600 CONTINUE

GO TO 10 9999 CONTINUE

END

SUBROUTINE GEOM(IGEOM,KP.l,IHDJ C***********************************~********************~************* C THIS SUBRdUTINE EVALUATES ALL o= THE BLADE GEOMETRY C IGEOM = 1 , STRAIGHT LiNE-CIRCULAR ARC C I GEOM = 2 t PARABOLA C IGEOM : 3t STRAIGHT BLADE C***********************************************************************

COMMON/GEOM/BETAtBETA2tZBAR(l01J,~BARI101JtASORZ,SINGAM(101J 1 tASOS2

IGP1 = IGEOM + 1 GO T0(10t2Ct30t40) IGPl

10 CONTINUE 20 CONTINUE

C**************************~******************************************** C STRAIGHT LINE-~IRCULAR ARC

IF<IHO.EQ.lJ GO TO 22 RJOZM = 0.6721~3 RJORM.= RJOZM/BETA ZJOZM : 0.565406 GO TO 23 ,,,

22 RJOZM : 0.413 RJORM : RJOZH/BETA ZJOZM = 0.604

23 CONTINUE RORM: RJORM·- ZJOZM•<l~ - ZJOZ~J/(RJO~M•BETA2J ASORZ : <1. - ZJOZMJ•RJORM.+ 2.•RORM•ZJOZM + ZJOZM•SQRT

1 ((1. - RORM>••2 - (ZJDZM/BETAJ••~J + BETA•<l. - RORMJ••2 2 •ASIN<ZJOZM/(BETA•<l• - RORMJJJ

ASORZ = 2.•ASORZ . Tl:i = ASINCZJOZM/(BETA•U. - ROR~JJJ

SOZM = BETA•(1. - RORMJ•TK + ((1. - ZJOZMJ••2 + <BETA•RORM 1 + SQRT<SETA2•<1• - RORMJ••2 - ZJJZM••2JJ••2J••Oe5

SOZM : 2.•SOZM ASOS2 = BETA•ASORZ/SOZM••2 DO 28 K=1tKPl ZBARA : ABS<ZBAR(KJJ IF<ZBARA.LT.ZJOZMJ GO TO 24 RBAR<KJ = RJORM•<l. - Z8ARA J/(1. - ZJOZHJ GAM= ATAN((l. - ZJOZMJ/(RJORH•BETAJJ SINGAM(KJ = SIN<GAHJ GO TO 28

24 CONTINUE RBAR<KJ = RORM + SQRT<<l. - RORMJ••2 - <ZBAR(KJ/BETAJ••2J

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COTGAH = ZBAR(KJ/((RBAR(K) - RORMl•BEfAJ SINGAM<K> = 1./SQRT(t. + COTGAH••2J

28 CONTINUE GO TO 50

30 CONTINUE ~ C******************************************~**************************** C PARAaOLA ~·***********************************~**********************************

ASORZ = 8./3. ASOS2 = 32.•BETA2/(3.•(2.•BETA•SQRT<t. + ~.•3ETA2J + ALOG<2•*

1 BETA + SQRT<l• + ~.•BETA2JJJ••2J

DO 35 K=ltKPl SINGAM<KJ = le/SQRT<l. + ~.•BETA2•ZBA~(KJ••2J RBAR(KJ = 1. - ZBAR<K>••2

35 CONTINUE GO TO 50

C************************************************~********************** C STRAIGHT VERTICAL BLADE

~0 CONTINUE ASOR.Z = ~.

no '+5 K=ltKPl SINGAM(K) = RBAR(KJ = 1.0

45 CONTINUE. 50 CONTINUE

RETURN END

SUBROUTINE GRHS<ISTRUT,SINTH;SINGAMtRBARtCOSTH,SINEPStCOSEPSt . 1 CHORDtALPHAO,CN;CAtCM,WOVFS2tRHStVFSLtVOVFSJ

COMMON/STRUT/VFSOVCL(101JtVCL,NUtiREtfRE<l5J,·TAA(l82t15Jt 1 TCN(l82t15JtTCA(l82tl5JtTCM<l82tl5),DIMt~(4)tDX<'+>t

.2 DEGTRtKtiFLG(20JtKOUTtVBLADEtlFTAtlTER RF.:At · NU

(~********************************************************************** C THIS SUBROUTINE ,EVALUATES LOCAL A~GLE Of:' ATTACK; RELATIVE. WINO C SPEEDt BLADE REYNOLDS NUMBER, AND THRUST FORCES FOR A GIVEN. C VALUE OF THE INDUCED VELOCITY FIELD. C***********************************************************************

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Xl = VOVFS•SINTH•SINGAM X2 = VOVFS•COSTH + RBAR•VBLADE/VFSL

.WOVFS2 = Xl**2 + X2••2 WOVFS = SQRT(WOVFS2) EPS = ASIN(SINEPSJ ALPHA = EPS + ATAN2<XltX2) ALPHAD = ALPHA•DtGfR ALPHA = ABS<ALPHA)

·wov = WOVFS/VOVFS W = WOVFS•VFSL WOVT = W/VBLADE R-E = W•CHORD/NU IF<IFLG<SJ.EQ.OJ RE = ALOG(REJ CALL LOOK2D(lREtREtTREtiFTAtALPHADtTAAtTCN,TCAtTCHtDIMtXtDXt3tl82) CN = X<lJ CA = X(2) CM = X(3) CN = CN•SIGN<l.,ALPHADJ ASINTH = ABS<SINTH)

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IF<ASINTH.LT.1.0E-10) GO TO 10 F = SINTH/ASINTH Fl = COSTH/(SINGAM•ASINTHJ F2=COSEPS•<ABS<CNJ-CA•FlJ F3 = 0.0 IF<ABS<SINEPS).GT.1.0E-10J F3 = SINEPS•(CA•F + CN•FlJ RHS ~ WOVFS2•<F2 + F3)/RBAR

10 CONTINUE IF<IFLG(lJ.NE.Q) WRITElKOUTtlOOQ) ITERtAL?HADtREtWOVTtCNtCAtCM

1000 FORMAT<3XI2tF7.2tlXE10.3tlXF6.3t3l2XF7.\)) RETURN END

SUBROUTINE LOOK <IItXLtXtAtBtCt~tYtDtiDNJ COMMON/TABLES/ IL0<200)tiHI(~00),IR<2JO>t DENt IEXt

1 VR DIMENSION X(1)t Al1Jt BllJt C(l)t E(1Jt Y<1Jt 0(1) IH=IHI<II) IL=ILO<IU DO 5 J=ltiUN I)(J) = o.o Y(J) = 0.0

5 CONTINUE VR = 0.0 I EX=O IF <X<IHJ-X<IL)) 10t1Ct30

10 I EX=l IF <XL-X<IH)) 120t130t20

20 IF (XL-X<ILJJ 50t150t140 30 IF <XL-XliH)) 40t130t120 40 IF (XL-Xl!L)) 140t150t50 50 I=IR<II)

I=MINO <ItiH) I=MAXO<ItiL) I S=l I T=l GO TO 70

6() I=I+1 I S=O

10 IF <IEX) ao,ao,9o 80 IF lXL-X(I)) 100t160t110 90 IF <XL-X(!)) 110t160t100 100 i=I-1

I T=O . IF (!S) 160tl60t70

110 IF <ITl 160tl60t60 ·120 I EX=3 130 I=IH-1

GO TO 160 140 I EX=2 150 I=IL 160 DEN=X~I+l)-X(JJ

IRlli>=I VR=XL-X ( IJ IF <ION> 230t230tl70

170 GO TO (210t200t190t180Jt ION 180 Y(4):E(l)

Dl4)=E<I+l>-EU)

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190 YCJ):C(I) DC3l=CCI+l)-CCI)

200 Y(2):8(I) D(2)=BCI+1)-8(!)

210 YC1J=A<I> DClJ=A<I+lJ-ACI) IFCOEN.EQ.O.OJ RETURN DO 220 J=ltiDN D<J>=D<JJ/DEN

220 Y(J):Y(J)+DCJJ•VR 230 VR=VR/DEN

RETURN END

SUBROUTINE LOOK2D<IItXLtXtiFtYLtYtAtBtCtEtZtDZtNLOOKtNDl C*********************************************************************** C THIS SUBROUTINE PERFORMS A TWO JIMENSIONAL LINEAR INTERPOLATION C THE TAALFS MUST BE ARRANGED SUC-i TIIAT FOR A GIVe:N \tAllJf:.. Ul- fHE C INO~P~NDENT VA~lABLE k(J), THEN ALL OF THE DEPENDENT VARIABLES C A(I,J), BCitJlt C<ItJlt E(ItJ) ARE TABULATED AS A FUNCTION OF C THE SECOND INDEPENDENT VARIABL£ Y(l)--THIS MAY RF THOUGHT OF C CONCEPTUALLY AS ~A IS A FUNCTON 0~ Y WITH X AS A PARAMETER• c C II = INDEX OF THE TABULAR LIMITS OF THE TABULATED VARIABLE XCJJ C XL : VALUE OF THE INDEPENDENT VARIABLE X FOR INTERPOLATION C IF t IF + 1 = INDEX OF THE TABULAR LI~ITS OF THE TABLE ACitlJ ETC C YL = VALUE OF 2ND INDEPENDENT VARIABLE Y FOR INTERPOLATION C X = ARRAY IN WHICH XL IS SOUGHT C Y = ARRAY IN WHICH YL IS SOUGHT C AtBtCtEt TABULATED ARRAY OF DEP~NDENT VARIABLES C Z = ARRAY CONTAINING VALUES INT~RPOLAf~D FROM THE AtBtCtEt TABLES C NLOOK = NUMBER OF DEPENDENT VARIABLE TABLES SUPPLIED--NLOOK .LE. 4 C IF NLOOK LT. 4t THEN DUMMY ARGU~E~TS MUST BE SUPPLIED FOR Dt Ct C ETC C NO = DIMENSION SilE OF Yt A, Bt ETC c····~······································-····················•••aaa& COMMON/TABLES/ ILOC200JtiHI(200JtiR<2lOlt DENt !EXt

1 VR DIMENSION -X(l)t

1 E<NDtl>t ZC4lt 2 DZRC4l

YCNOtl)t ozn >,

B<NDtlJt DZL<'+lt

·c<NDt U t ZR<4) t

(*********************************************************************** C IF THERE IS ONLY A SINGLE X TABLE <IHI<II) = 1) THEN WE WANT TO C DO ONLY A ONE DIMENSIONA~ INTER?OLATTON C***********************************************************************

·IJRS = 1.0 J = 0 DO 10 I=l, NLOOK Z(l) = OZ(I) = 0.0

10 CONTINUE IF<IHICII).EQ.l) GO TO 20 '•!

c * * * * * * * * * * • * • * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * •• * * * * * •• * * * lr * *'*'* * * * ~ * * 'lr * * * fr * * * * * C DETERMINE THE INDEX J SUCH THAT XCJ) eLE• XL eLE~ X(J+l) C*******************************************•***************************

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CALL LOOK<IItXLtXtOtOtOtOtZtDZtOl VRS = VR J = IR<IIJ JJ = IF + J

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C***********~*********************************************************** C INTERPOLATE IN TABLE J WITH tL AS INO~?ENOENT VARIABLE (***********************************************************************

CALL LOOKCJJtYLtY<ltJ),A(l,J)tB<ltJ),C(ltJ>,E<l,J),Z,DZtNLOOK> DO 15 I=lt NLOOK. ZLCI> = ZCU DZL(l) = OZ(IJ

15 CONTINUE 20 CONTINUE

J = J + 1 JJ = IF + J

C•********************************************************************** C INTERPOLATE IN TABLE J+l WITH YL AS INDEPENDENT VARIABLE (***********************************************************************

CALL LOOKCJJ,YLtYCltJ>tACl,J),BCltJ),CCltJ>tECl,J>tZtDZtNLOOK) 00 30 I=l, NLOOK lRCI> = Z(IJ DZRCI> = DZCD

30 CONTINUE VRSP = 1. - VRS DO 40 I=l t NLOOK ZCI) = ZLCI)•VRSP + ZRCI>•VRS DlCI> = DZLCI>•WRSP + DZRCI>•VRS

IJQ CONTINUE RETURN E:ND

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APPENDIX D

Sample Control Stream

The following is an example of a LGO control stre~m in using DARTER at Sandia National Laboratories.

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OARTERtT15. R E FRENCHc •• BOX 1134 ** ACCOUNT~S432961153t05636t612tA0518400tRTtKUN~. ATTACHtTAPElO•KD-EPPLERCLCD-NACA•OEC789CY=15e · ATTACHtDARTERtKLIMAS~OARTER-PROG•Cf=02• OARTER;PL=25000. ••END-OF-RECORD••

SAMPLE RUN OF THE DARTER COO£ TWO BLAD£0(SYSTEM

.01000111 2 8.3628

18 10 a.s

2~50.6

o.60975 o.oooot731t.oat

1.0 1.5 2.0 5.0 5.5 6.0. 9.0. 9.5 10.0 * •E ND-0 F ~ I-NFORMATION**

2.5 6.5 10 .s'

3.0 ·. 7.0· 11.0

·3·5 ·7·5: 11.5.

4•8.2 ..

4.0 ... · ,, ·.,, a• .. o .. ·

12.0 ··'·.

13.32

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APPENDIX E

Samp·l e Output

The following output was generated by DARTER in response to the input shown in Appendix D.

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w ......

SAMPLE RUN OF THE ·DARTER CODE TWO BLADED SYSTEM

NC/R .H&

EXP .100

RHAX 8.36

ZGC 4.82

NUMB . IGEOH NOTH 2 1 18

ZHAX 8.50 ZR

13.32

NDZ 10

CHORD .610

NU ·179E-Jt

21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 lJ

36 0

NACA 0015 SECTION DATAt EPPLER HODELt CLt co, DEC 7B. SOLIDITY = .1625

H 1/XCL KP E3 XCL CP CT CQ RPH 1 1 .coc 10.34 1.00 .0103 .oaa .:1108 50.S 2 .es7 7.31 1.50 .'J247 .120. .lJ 172 so.!) 3 • soc 7.:53 2.00 .0587 .168 .a 307 so.&

·4 .400 7.42 2eSO .1160 .233 . ;.o4a5 50.6 5 • 333 9.06 3.00 .2446 .340 .o 853 . so.s 6 .286 7.H 3.50 .3179 .455 .0950. so.s

.7 e2SC 5.59 4.00 .3575 .538 .0935 so.s 8 .222 4.16 4.50 .3794 .6:13 .o 882 50.5 9 .zoo 3.10 5.00 .3874 .657 .o 811 so.:.

10 .182 2.32 s.so .3853 • 7J 1 .o 733 50.!) 11 .16 7 1.74 6.00 .3760 .no .0655 so.r. 12 .154 1.:51 6.50 .3587 .774 .:)577 so.& 13 e143• .97 7.00 .3336 .an~ • J 499 so.:. H .133 .72 7.50 .3C51 .835 .!) 425 50·? 15 .125 .53 a.oo .2736 •867 .o 358 50. s 16 .118 .3'3 8~50 .2381 .901 .o 293 so.& 17 .111 .27 9.00 .1996 .935 .o 232 so.s 18 .105 .18 9.50 .1583 .• ., 72 .o 174 so.:. 19 .100 .11 10 .oo .1130' 1.009 .o 118 so. 0 20 .095 .as 10.SO .0615 1.01+7 ·.o 061 so.:. 21 .091 .oo u.oo .co 43 1.085 .0004. 50. Ei .

22 .087 .-.o,. 11.50 -.0605 1.12'+ -.a 055 so.:. 23 .083 -.~a 12.00 -.1326 1.153 -.J lH. so.& 24 .oac -.11 12.50 -.210'3 1.203 -. D 177 so. s

RHO ·1DOE+Ql

37 38 39 40. 0 0 0 0

VREF REC 44.31 .151E+07 29.54 .151E:+07 22.16 e1S1E+07 17.73 elS1E+07 1.tt.77 .151E+07 12.56 .151£+07 u.oa .151£+07

9. 85 e151E+07 8.86 .151£+07 a.c6 e151E+OJ 7-39 el51E+07 6.82 el51E+07 . 6.33 .151£+07 5.91 .151£+07 5.54 .151E+07 5.21 .151E+07 4e92 ·151E+07 4.56 .151E+07 4.,.3· .151E+07 4.22 .151E+:l7 4.03 ~1S1E+07

3.65 .151[+07 3.59 .151E+07 3.55 e151E+07

TORQUE .167E+D5 .118E+OS e119E+05 .120 E+O 5 e147E+05. e12:1E+05 .:J04E+04 .674E+04 .502E+04 .375E+04 ~282E+04 e211E+04 .l57E+l4 .117E+04 · e965E+03 .:, 28E+O 3 .tt,.3E+03 • 2 99E+O 3 e183E+O 3 .860E+D2 .520E+0'1.

-.544E+02 -.l24E+03 -.175E+03

PO\o!ER DRAG .887E+!J2 .163E+OS 0 .627E+!J2 .989(+04 0 • 629E+O 2 .77~E+04' 0 e637E+,02 .691E+04 0 .777E+02 .699E+04 0 .&36E+:l2 .68 7E+O 4 0 .473£+02 .622£+04 0 • 357E+O 2 .551E+04 0 .266£+02 .486£+04 0 .199E+~2 .42'3£+04 0 .149E+02 e38CE+04 0 .112E+02 .33SE+04 0 .834E+01 .30 4E+04 0 .620E+01· .275E+Oo\ 0 • 458E+O 1 .2S1E+04 0 • 333E+ 01 e231E+Q4 0 ·235E+01 e214E+O~ 0 .158E+J1 .19SE+O~ 1 .969E+OO .187E+O~ 1 .4SSE+JO .176E+04 2 .276E-O 1 - .16EE+04 3

-.3UE+OO e157E+04 4 -.b59E+OO el4.'3E+C .. .3 -.326E+:l0 •142E+04 •3

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New York, Inc. 4 Irving Place New York, NY 10003

F. K. Bechtel Washington State University Department of Electrical Engineering College of Engineering Pullman, WA 99163

M. E. Beecher Arizona State University Solar Energy Collection University Library Tempe, AZ 85281

K. Bergey University of Oklahoma Aero Engineering Department Norman, OK 73069

Steve Blake Wind Energy Systems Route 1, Box 93-A Oskaloosa, KS 66066

Robert Brulle McDonnell-Douglas Aircraft Corporation P.O. Box 516 Department 341, Building 32/2 St. Louis, MO 63166

R. Camerero Facul~y of Applied Science ~niversit~ of Sherbrooke Sherbrooke, Quebec CANADA JlK 2Rl

CERCEM 49 Rue du Comman~ant Rolland 93350 Le Bourget FRANCE Attn: G. Darrieu~

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Howard T. Clark McDonnell Aircraft Corporation P.O. Box 516 Department 337, Building 32 St. Louis, MO 63166

:&r.--R-;-N-. C 1 a r k USDA, Agricultural Research Service Southwest Great Plains Research Center. eushland, TX 79012

Joan D. Cohen Consumer Outreach Coordinator State of New York .Exec.utive Department State Consumer Protection Board 99 Washington Avenue Albany, NY 12210

Dr. D. E. Cromack Associate Professor Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Department University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA 01003

Gale B. Curtis Tumac Industries 650 Ford Street Colorado Springs, CO

DOE/AT.O {1) Albuquerque, Attn: G. P.

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NM 87185 Tennyson Graves King

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DOE Headquarters {20) · washington, DC 20545 Attn: L. v. Divone, Chief

Wind Systems Branch D. F. Ancona, Program Manager

Wind Systems Branch

C. w. Dodd School of Engineering Southern Illinois University Carbondale, IL 62901

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Dominion Aluminum Fabricating Ltd. (2) 3570 Hawkestone Road Mississauga, Ontario· CANADA L5C 2U8 Attn: L. Schienbein

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D. P. Dougan Hamilton Standard 1730 NASA Boulevard· Room 207 Houston, TX 77058

J. B. Dragt Nederlands Energy Research Foundation (E.C.N.) Physics Department Westerduinweg· 3 Pa~ten (nh) THE NETHERLANDS

C. E. Elderkin Battelle-Pacific Northwest Laboratory P.O. Box 999 Richland, WA 99352

Frank R. Eldridge, Jr. The Mitre Corporation 1820 Dolley Madison Blvd. McLean, VA 22102

Electric Power Research Institute 3412 Hillview Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94304 Attn: E. Demeo

James D. Fock, Jr. Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences University of Colorado Boulder, CO 80309

Dr. Lawrence c. Frederick Public Service Company of New Hampshire

_1000 Elm Street Manchester, NH 03105

E. Gilmore Amarillo ~ollege Amarillo; TX 79100

Paul Cipe Wind Power Digest P.O. Box 539 Harrisburg, PA 17108

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Roger T. Griffiths University College ~~ Swansea Department of Mechanical Engineering Singleton Park Swansea SA2 8PP UNITED KINGDOM

Professor N. D. Ham Massachusetts Institute of Technology 77 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02139

Sam Hansen DOE/DST 20 Massachusetts Avenu~ Wa~hington, u~ · 20545

c. F. Harris Wind Engineering Corporation. Airport Industrial Area Box 5936 · Lubbock, TX 79415·

w. L. Har'ris Aero/Astro Department Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA 02139 ·

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Hel ion P.O. Box 4301 Sylmar,· CA 91342

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-KVA Fack, S-10405 Stockholm SWEDEN

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JBF Scientific Corportion 2 Jewel Drive Wilmington, MA 01887 Attn: E. E. Johanson

Dr. Gary L. Johnson, P.E. Electrical Engineering Department Kansas State University Manhattan, KS 66506

J. P. Juhn~tui1 Stanford university Department of Mechanical Engineering Stanford, CA 94305

B. 0. Kaddy, Jr. Box 353 31 Union Street Hillsboro, NH 03244

Kaman Aerospace Corporation Old Windsor Road Bloomfield, CT 06002 Attn: W. Batesol

Robert E. Kelland The College of Trades and Technology P.O. Box 1693 Prince Philip Drive St. John's, Newfoundland CANADA AlC 5P7

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Lawrence Livermore Laboratory P.O. Box 808 L-340 Livermore, CA 94550 Attn: D. w. Dorn

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M. Lechner Public Service Compa~y of New Mexico P.O. Box 2267 Albuquerque, NM 87103

George E. Lennox Industry Director Mill Products Division Reynolds Metals Company 6601 west Broad Street Richmond, VA 23261

J. Lerner State Energy Commission Research and Development Division 1111 Howe Avenue Sacramento, CA 95825

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Planning Director Environmental and Safety Engineering Staff The American Road Dearborn, MI 48121

Frank Matanzo Dardalen Associates 15110 Frederick Road Woodbine, MD 21797

H. s. Matsuda, Manager Composite Materials Laboratory Pioneering R&D Laboratories Toray Indust~ies, Inc. Sonoyama, Otsu, Shiga JAPAN 520

J. R. McConnell Tumac Industries, Inc. 650 Ford St. Colorado Springs, CO 80915

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G. N. Monsson Department of Economic Planning

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R. L. Thomas W. Robbins K. Kaza

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Leander NicholS? Natural Power, Inc. New Boston, NH 03070

Oklahoma State University (2} Stillwater, OK 76074 Attn: w. L. Hughes

EE Department D. K. Mc~aughlin

ME Department

Oregon State University (2} Corvallis, OR 97331 Attn: R. E. Wilson

ME Department R, W. Thnu1her

ME Department

Pat F. O'Rourke Precinct 4 County Commissioner City-County Building El Paso, TX 79901

H. H. Paalman Dow Chemical USA Research Center 2800 Mitchell Drive Walnut Creek, CA 94598

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Association 1800 Massachusetts Avenue NW washington, DC 20036

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Research Organization Graham Road, Highett Victoria, 3190 AUSTRALIA

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Thomas w. Reddoch Associate Professor Department of Electrical Engineering The University of Tennessee Knoxville, TN 37916

A. Robb Memorial University of Newfoundland Faculty of Engineering and Applied Sciences St. John's Newfoundland CANADA AlC 5S7

Dr.-Ing. Hans Ruscheweyh Institut fur Leichtbau Technische Hochschule Aachen Wullnerstrasse 7 GERMANY

Gwen Schreiner Librarian National Atomic Museum Albuquerque, NM 87185

Arnan Seginer Professor of Aerodynamics Technion-Israel Institute of

Technology Department of Aeronautical

Engineering Haifa, ISRAEL

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David Sharpe Kingston Polytechnic. Canbury Park Road Kingston, Surrey UNITED KINGDOM

D. G. Shepherd Cornell University Sibley School of Mechanical and

Aerospace Engineering Ithaca, NY 14853

H. P. Sleeper Kentin International 2000 Birdspring Road H ll r'l t. s v i 11 e , A,t 3 58() 2

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Texas Tech University (3) P.O. Box 4289 Lubbock, TX 79409 Attn: ·K. C. Mehta, CE Department

J. Strickland, ME Department J. Lawrence, ME Department

Fred Thompson Atari, I~c. 155 Moffett Park Drive Sunnyvale, CA 94086

J. M. Turner, Group Leader Terrestrial Energy Technology Program Office Energy Conversion Branch Aerospace Power Division Aero Propulsion Laboratory Department of the Air Force Air Force Wright Aeronautical Laboratories (AFSC) Wright-Patt~rson Air Force Base, OH 45433

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University of New Mexico (2) New Mexico Engineering Research Institute Campus P.O. Box 25

.Albuquerque, NM 87131 Attn: D. E. Calhoun

G. G. Leigh

University of New M8xico (2) Albuquerque, NM 87106 Attn: K. T. Feldman

Energy Research Center v. sloglund

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Jan Vacek Eolienne experimentale C.P: 279, Cap-aux-MeQles Iles de la Madeleine, Quebec CANADA

Irwin E. Vas Solar Energy Research Institute 1617 Cole Blvd. - . Golden, CO 80401

Otto de Vries National Aerospace Laboratory Anthony Fokkerweg 2 Amsterdam 1017 THE NETHERLANDS

R. Walters wect Virginia Univei"~ity Department of Aero Engineering 1062 Kountz Avenue Morgantown, wv 26505

E. J. Warchol Bonneville Power Administration P.O. BOX 3621 Portland, OR 97225

D. F. warne, Manager Energy and Power Systems ERA Ltd .

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R. A. Watson Stanford University 546B Crothers Memorial Hall Stanford, CA 94305

R. J .• Watson Watson Bowman Associates, Inc. 1280 Niagara St. Buffalo, NY 14213

R. G. Watts Tulane University Department of Mechanical Engineering New Orleans, LA 70018

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Pat Weis Solar Energy Research Institute 1637 Cole Blvd. · Golden, CO 80401

W. G. Wells, P.E. Associate Professor Mechanical Engineering D'epartment Mississippi State University Mississippi State, MS 39762

T. Wentink, Jr. University of Alaska Geophysical Institute Fairbanks, AK 99701

.West Texas State un!verQiLy Government Depository Library

Number 613 Canyon~ TX 79015

Wind Energy Report Box 14 104 s. Village Ave. Rockville Centre, NY Attn: Farrell Smith

Richard E. wong Assistant Director Central Solar Energy

Corporation 1200 Sixth Street 328 Executive Plaza Detroit, MI 48226

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