Supporting data belonging to the publication On optimizing the sensor spacing for pressure measurements on wind turbine airfoils

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). The dataset contains a Matlab routine that runs the pressure sensor optimization for the FFA-W3-241 airfoil based on a genetic algorithm as well as a sequential quadratic programming optimization routine. It imports results of the widely used code XFOIL as input. Results are compared against a cosine sensor spacing. This script aims to provide a simplified overview of how these optimization routines are implemented in Matlab and how the results can be interpreted.

本数据集旨在支撑Fritz、Kelley与Brown于2024年发表的论文《On optimizing the sensor spacing for pressure measurements on wind turbine airfoils》的相关研究结论。该数据集包含一套Matlab程序，可针对FFA-W3-241翼型的压力传感器布局执行优化任务，其内置了遗传算法（genetic algorithm）与序列二次规划（sequential quadratic programming）两种优化求解流程。该程序以业界广泛使用的XFOIL代码的计算结果作为输入，并将优化结果与余弦型传感器布局方案进行对比。本脚本旨在简明呈现上述两类优化算法在Matlab中的实现逻辑，以及优化结果的解读方法。