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GENERAL INFORMATION
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1. Dataset Title: Supporting data belonging to the publication "On optimizing the sensor spacing for pressure measurements on wind turbine airfoils"

2. Authorship: 

	Name:  Erik Fritz, Christopher Kelley, Kenneth Brown
	Institution:  TNO Wind Energy, Delft University of Technology, Sandia National Laboratories
	Email:  e.fritz@tno.nl, e.k.fritz@tudelft.nl
	ORCID:  0000-0003-1486-3643

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DESCRIPTION
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1. Abstract: This dataset is intended to support the findings of the publication "On optimizing the sensor spacing for pressure measurements on wind turbine airfoils" by Fritz, Kelley and Brown (2024). It contains a Matlab script that exemplary runs the sensor optimization routines for a single airfoil, as well as auxiliary Matlab function as well as input data.

2. Keywords: Pressure measurements, Sensor layout optimization, Airfoil aerodynamics

3. Date of dataset publication: 17.01.2024
	
4. Funding: This contribution has been financed with Topsector Energiesubsidie from the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs under grant no. TEHE119018.

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ACCESS INFORMATION
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1. Creative Commons License of the dataset: CC BY 4.0

2. Dataset DOI: 10.4121/99662eaf-ac79-4952-ad80-6d7de3708427

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VERSIONING AND PROVENANCE
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1. 17.01.2024: Initial upload
2. 04.09.2024: Link to associated peer-reviewed publication added

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FILE OVERVIEW
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1. RunExampleCase.m: The main script which imports the input data, runs the optimization routines and plots the results. This script requires access to Matlab's Global optimization toolbox and in its current state also the Prallel Processing toolbox. The latter can be circumvented by choosing different optimizer settings for the genetic algorithm optimization routine.

2. errorCp.m, errorLift.m, hyoutfun.m, outfun.m, polarsFromCp.m: Auxiliary function called from the main script/from Matlab-internal routines.

3. FFA-W3-241_geomNew.dat: The airfoil geometry file. This geometry was saved from XFOIL after repanelling the airfoil with 160 panels.

4. FFA-W3-241_polars.dat: The airfoil polars as calculated by XFOIL.

5. FFA-W3-241_cp.dat: The pressure coefficient distributions as calculated by XFOIL. The first row contains the relative chordwise location, the first column contains the angle of attack, the remainder of the matrix contains the corresponding pressure coefficient distributions.