Test Bed Information
The test bed that the dynamic substructuring focus group has chosen is an Ampair 600 Wind Turbine. This turbine was purchased and then modified to decrease the nonlinearities in the system.
Ampair 600 Wind Turbine
The Ampair 600 Wind Turbine we are working with is the stock wind turbine with some of the electrical 'guts' removed, and replaced with solid masses. The tail has also been replaced with a smaller version. The turbine hub and nacelle are fixed to a flag pole which is fixed to a large mass. This large mass is then floating on a trampoline to simulate a free-free test condition.
More information can be found here: Testbed Assembly Instructions, Testbed Poster
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