Walkthrough

This section demonstrates a typical AMR-Wind workflow, walking through the steps required to simulate wind turbines in a turbulent atmospheric boundary flow. The compilation instructions outline how to use Exawind-Manager, a Spack-based package management tool customized for the ExaWind software suite, of which AMR-Wind is an integral part. The turbulent flow conditions are established through precursor simulations, and then turbines are placed in the flow.

Note

This tutorial is intended to provide an example of how AMR-Wind is often used, but there are many variations and alternative workflows that AMR-Wind provides. Please consult the User Manual, especially the capabilities list and input file reference, for additional details on other AMR-Wind features and options.

• Compiling using Spack, with Exawind-Manager
  • Set up Exawind-Manager
  • Set up Spack environment
  • Compile and load
  • Find ROSCO dynamic library
• Precursor (ABL) walkthrough
  • Spinup simulation
  • Precursor simulation
• Turbine simulation walkthrough
• LES with Terrain
  • Setup using Python Tools
• Wall-Modeled RANS
• Actuator Line Model Calibration
  • Calibrating Epsilon
  • Filtered Lifting Line Correction
  • Timestep considerations
  • Input File
  • Additional Resources