Rotor with flexible 3D tower

and rigid blades

Development of the model
• Number of bodies defined based on
convergence study
Convergence study
• Number of bodies defined based on convergence study
Parameters
• Stiffness constant at spherical joints • Damping -> Logarithmic decrement

• Other parameters such as mass, inertia etc. found through CAD model
Experimental data
• Processing of data from accelerometer
- Low pass filter (Butterworth)
- Manual adjustments

• Acceleration integrated to obtain velocity and afterwards position

• Frequency domain
Comparison of data
How the model could be improved

• Stiffness defined experimentally or with better simulation

• Mass of elements could be measured
• Less noisy data from experiment