Impact of a resonator on vortex induced vibrations of a wind turbine airfoil
Abstract
The aeroelastic instability known as vortex induced vibrations (VIV) has its origin in the coupling of bluff body shedding and the structure dynamics, and can have adverse effects on several industrial fields. In this work the use of locally resonant metamaterials (LRM) is explored as a wind turbine blade VIV mitigation strategy. The problem is cast into a classical airfoil in transverse oscillation, elastically mounted. A fluid structure interaction model is then generated and validated for the main system. This is achieved using an open source finite volume code with arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian capabilities and a built-in rigid body motion solver. Subsequently, the capabilities of the code are extended by coupling the dynamics of a single resonator into the main system through a tailored development. The performance of the resonator was evaluated for different designs, which were parameterized mainly by the resonator frequency and its relative mass with respect to the airfoil. Analysis of the results identified a frequency band where the resonator effectively influenced vibration amplitudes. However, the amplitude attenuation was very low when considering realistic relative resonator masses. In particular, achieving a 50\% amplitude reduction required a mass ratio larger than 0.25. Studying the mechanisms uncovered the cause of these beneficial effects, which relied on the aeroelastic frequency bifurcation introduced by the resonator. These fundamental findings open the door to future applications of alternative technologies for VIV suppression.
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BibTeX
@misc{horcas2026impact,
title = {{Impact of a resonator on vortex induced vibrations of a wind turbine airfoil}},
author = {Sergio Horcas and David Roca and Enrique Ortega and Juan Cante},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = sep,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2609.24331},
eprint = {2609.24331},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.24331},
note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Impact of a resonator on vortex induced vibrations of a wind turbine airfoil
AU - Sergio Horcas
AU - David Roca
AU - Enrique Ortega
AU - Juan Cante
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/09/21
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2609.24331
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.24331
AB - The aeroelastic instability known as vortex induced vibrations (VIV) has its origin in the coupling of bluff body shedding and the structure dynamics, and can have adverse effects on several industrial fields. In this work the use of locally resonant metamaterials (LRM) is explored as a wind turbine blade VIV mitigation strategy. The problem is cast into a classical airfoil in transverse oscillation, elastically mounted. A fluid structure interaction model is then generated and validated for the main system. This is achieved using an open source finite volume code with arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian capabilities and a built-in rigid body motion solver. Subsequently, the capabilities of the code are extended by coupling the dynamics of a single resonator into the main system through a tailored development. The performance of the resonator was evaluated for different designs, which were parameterized mainly by the resonator frequency and its relative mass with respect to the airfoil. Analysis of the results identified a frequency band where the resonator effectively influenced vibration amplitudes. However, the amplitude attenuation was very low when considering realistic relative resonator masses. In particular, achieving a 50\% amplitude reduction required a mass ratio larger than 0.25. Studying the mechanisms uncovered the cause of these beneficial effects, which relied on the aeroelastic frequency bifurcation introduced by the resonator. These fundamental findings open the door to future applications of alternative technologies for VIV suppression.
ER -