MITWake

MITWake is a Python package that implements a static wake model used at Howland Lab. It provides features for modeling wake deflection and the induction-yaw behavior of an actuator disk as described in Heck et al. (2023)¹. The package also includes several wake superposition models (Howland et al. (2016)²) and supports analytical gradients with respect to yaw angle and thrust for each turbine.

Getting Started

MITWake is compatible with Python versions 3.7.1 to 3.9.

Installation

To install MITWake, follow these steps:

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/Howland-Lab/MITWake.git

2. Navigate to the MITWake directory and install the package using pip:

cd MITWake
pip install .

Usage

For usage examples, refer to the example scripts provided in the examples folder.

Documentation can be found at howland-lab.github.io/MITWake/.

References

Footnotes

1. Heck, Kirby S., Hannah M. Johlas, and Michael F. Howland. "Modelling the induction, thrust and power of a yaw-misaligned actuator disk." Journal of Fluid Mechanics 959 (2023): A9. ↩

2. Howland, Michael F., Sanjiva K. Lele, and John O. Dabiri. "Wind farm power optimization through wake steering." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116.29 (2019): 14495-14500. ↩