Single Row Lift, Drag, and Position - Metadata

The simulated, time-varying lift and drag profiles obtained from integrating surface forces on a flexible, single panel row. Data is organized by (1) wind speed in meters per second and (2) tracker tilt angle in degrees. The sign convention used on tracker angle is that negative tilt angles correspond to wind impacting the sun-facing side and positive tilt angles correspond to wind impacting the back face. This information is indicated in the resource filename, for example:

windspeed_12_angle_-40_lift_drag_pos.csv corresponds to a simulated wind speed of 12 m/s and a tilt angle of -40 deg. Columns in the CSV are:

1. Time (s)
2. Lift Force (N)
3. Drag Force (N)
4. X-Position (m)
5. Y-Position (m)
6. Z-Position (m)

where the 3D position of the North East corner of the row (maximum Y-coordinate and Maximum X-coordinate at tilt angle = 0 deg) is calculated relative to the initial configuration of the row.

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