Dear @Lei.Xue,
The thrust offset you are seeing is not the result of buoyancy (which is important for under-water turbines, but negligible for a wind turbine), but the result of the weight and inertia included in the ElastoDyn output RotThrust
, which are not accounted for in AeroDyn’s output B1AeroFx
, etc.. See my post dated Feb 27, 2020 in the following forum topic for my answer to a similar question for additional discussion on this thrust offset: NREL 5-MW reference turbine - CP, CQ, CT Coefficients.
Best regards,