Scientists of the IKBFU Use Advanced Methods of Modeling Wind Power Plants

The team of the Astrophysics Laboratory of the IKBFU continues scientific work on mathematical modeling of the wind energy potential of the Kaliningrad Region within the framework of the Priority 2030 program. Earlier, researchers conducted a comprehensive calculation of the dynamics of air flows in the surface layer of the atmosphere above the region and found that the wind energy potential of the region is quite high.

Now, scientists have proposed using the Springel method to simulate optimal wind power plants for the region. The approach was developed by a group of researchers led by Volker Springel in 2009 to model various astrophysical objects.

At first glance, this task has nothing to do with space research, but do not forget that the dynamics of air flows in the surface layer of the atmosphere is described by the same equations as the processes in clouds of interstellar gas and the plasma envelope of stars! From the point of view of physics, both are just the motion of a continuous medium with given parameters, described by the Navier-Stokes equations. It is not surprising that similar methods and tools are traditionally used to solve them numerically,

emphasized Alexey Baigashov, a junior researcher at the Astrophysics Laboratory of the IKBFU.

The plans for 2026 are to develop a set of mathematical models for calculating the dynamics of wind turbine rotors. The results of the wind energy potential obtained last year will be used as initial conditions for modeling the dynamics of individual wind turbines in order to calculate their effectiveness in the real conditions of our region,
said Artem Astashenok, Project Leader, Professor, Head of the Astrophysics Laboratory at the IKBFU.

In the future, the introduction of the Springel method into scientific research and engineering modeling systems will allow solving a variety of tasks: from calculating aircraft aerodynamics to assessing wave loads on coastal protection structures.

It should be noted that the Astrophysics laboratory of the IKBFU has a corresponding scientific reserve within the framework of the project. The prestigious journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics (JCAP) has published an article with the results of research on modified theories of gravity. In 2025, Alexander Teplyakov, an employee of the laboratory, successfully defended his PhD thesis in a related field.