Minimalistic exercise on the blade element momentum (BEM) theory with the software Aerodyn for teaching in the course ENERGI210 at the University of Bergen (UiB)

The repository contains:

• driver_EX1.dvr as the .dvr file used for the tutorial
• Ex1_input.dat as input
• NRELOffshrBsline5MW_AeroDyn_blade.dat as input
• The script RUN_ME.m which calls Aerodyn and processes some of the output data
• The folder functions, which contains the functions used in RUN_ME.m
• A folder bin containing various versions of Aerodyn.exe
• A folder airfoil_NREL_5MW, which contains the airfoil data for the 5 MW NREL turbine

For those who prefer python, it is possible to use RUN_ME.py on Windows. However, this script is less robust than the Matlab version

The first time that RUN_ME is used, a folder outputFiles is created. The output files are stored in this folder automatically