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[MTayyab]

hi, ni am studying vertical axis wind turbine. I am trying to do an analysis to find out that at a specific wind speed (input) what will be the turbine rpm?ni have already done the study by giving the turbine rotational speed (rad/s) using the sliding mesh technique.nWhat i want to do is that the turbine should rotate on it's own due to wind load not because of a pre set condition.....nthanks!n

[Rob]

That will be a function of the force on the blade(s) and resistance to motion due to flow & whatever the VAWT is attached to. Should be possible with a user function. n

[Amine Ben Hadj Ali]

Rigid body motion look in the CFX documentation n