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August 14, 2017

Data for Hearst & Ganapathisubramani (Wind Energy, 2017, DOI: 0.1002/we.2138).  Please cite the paper if the data is used.

The following is a description of the variables included in the MATLAB workspace:

alpha_ab —power-law exponent fit to velocity profile for case ‘ab’ (where a = 1, 2, 3, or 4 and b = A, B, C, or D)
eta_ab —Kolmogorov microscale for case ‘ab’ in meters (where a = 1, 2, 3, or 4 and b = A, B, C, or D)
F11_ab —one-dimensional velocity spectrum for case ‘ab’ (where a = 1, 2, 3, or 4 and b = A, B, C, or D)
k_ab —wavenumber axis for spectral plots for case ‘ab’ in 1/meters (where a = 1, 2, 3, or 4 and b = A, B, C, or D)
KE_ab —kinetic energy flux through the turbine swept-area accounting for shear and turbulence intensity for case ‘ab’ (where a = 1, 2, 3, or 4 and b = A, B, C, or D)
KEshear_ab —kinetic energy flux through the turbine swept-area accounting for shear for case ‘ab’ (where a = 1, 2, 3, or 4 and b = A, B, C, or D)
KEhub_ab —kinetic energy flux through the turbine swept-area assuming constant properties measured at the hub-height for case ‘ab’ (where a = 1, 2, 3, or 4 and b = A, B, C, or D)
lamb_ab —Taylor microscale for case ‘ab’ in meters (where a = 1, 2, 3, or 4 and b = A, B, C, or D)
Lu_ab —Integral length scale for case ‘ab’ in meters (where a = 1, 2, 3, or 4 and b = A, B, C, or D)
M — mesh length (in meters)
nu_ab —kinematic viscosity as measured for each position for case ‘ab’ (where a = 1, 2, 3, or 4 and b = A, B, C, or D)
PDFx_ab — x-axis of the velocity PDF for case ‘ab’ (where a = 1, 2, 3, or 4 and b = A, B, C, or D)
PDFxud_ab_n2M — x-axis of the velocity increment PDF for case ‘ab’ at z = -2M (where a = 1, 2, 3, or 4 and b = A, B, C, or D)
PDFxud_ab_p2M — x-axis of the velocity increment PDF for case ‘ab’ at z = +2M (where a = 1, 2, 3, or 4 and b = A, B, C, or D)
PDFu_ab — y-axis of the velocity PDF for case ‘ab’ (where a = 1, 2, 3, or 4 and b = A, B, C, or D)
PDFud_ab_n2M — y-axis of the velocity increment PDF for case ‘ab’ at z = -2M (where a = 1, 2, 3, or 4 and b = A, B, C, or D)
PDFud_ab_p2M — y-axis of the velocity increment PDF for case ‘ab’ at z = +2M (where a = 1, 2, 3, or 4 and b = A, B, C, or D)
Rel_ab —Reynolds number based on the Taylor microscale and the standard deviation for case ‘ab’ (where a = 1, 2, 3, or 4 and b = A, B, C, or D)
theta_Bd — record of the wing angle for a sample of the B turbulence driving algorithm (in radians)
theta_Cd — record of the wing angle for a sample of the C turbulence driving algorithm (in radians)
theta_Dd — record of the wing angle for a sample of the D turbulence driving algorithm (in radians)
theta_flap_1C — record of the wing angle for a sample of the driving algorithm 1C (in radians)
tr_Bd — time axis for a sample of the B turbulence driving algorithm (in seconds)
tr_Cd — time axis for a sample of the C turbulence driving algorithm (in seconds)
tr_Dd — time axis for a sample of the D turbulence driving algorithm (in seconds)
tr_flap_1C — time axis for a sample of the driving algorithm for 1C (in seconds)
U_ab —mean velocity corresponding to z-position in the scan for case ‘ab’ in meters/second (where a = 1, 2, 3, or 4 and b = A, B, C, or D)
Uh_1A —mean velocity corresponding to Yh_1A and Zh_1A for homogeneity scans of 1A (m/s)
Uh_4D —mean velocity corresponding to Yh_4D and Zh_4D for homogeneity scans of 4D (m/s)
Uh0_1A —centreline velocity for homogeneity scans of 1A (m/s)
Uh0_4D —centreline velocity for homogeneity scans of 4D (m/s)
U0_ab —centreline mean velocity for case ‘ab’ in meters/second (where a = 1, 2, 3, or 4 and b = A, B, C, or D)
u2_ab —variance corresponding to z-position in the scan for case ‘ab’ in (meters/second)^2 (where a = 1, 2, 3, or 4 and b = A, B, C, or D)
Yh_1A — y-position of the homogeneity scan for case 1A (in meters)
Yh_4D — y-position of the homogeneity scan for case 4D (in meters)
z_ab — z-position in the scan for case ‘ab’ in meters (where a = 1, 2, 3, or 4 and b = A, B, C, or D)
Zh_1A — z-position of the homogeneity scan for case 1A (in meters)
Zh_4D — z-position of the homogeneity scan for case 4D (in meters)