Wake-tracking and turbulence modelling in computational aerodynamics of wind turbine aerofoils

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part A: Journal of Power and Energy

Volumn 223, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 939-951

  Campobasso, M S ^a   Zanon, A ^b   Minisci, E ^a   Bonfiglioli, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Grid generation; Reynolds averaged Navier Stokes; Turbulence modelling; Wake tracking; Wind turbine aerodynamics

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION STRATEGIES; AEROFOILS; ANALYSIS AND DESIGN; APRIORI; BLOCK STRUCTURED; CFD SOLVER; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; COMPUTATIONAL AERODYNAMICS; DRAG FORCES; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; FAR FIELD; FINITE VOLUME; FLOW REGIMES; GENERATION PROCESS; GRID GENERATION; GRID GENERATORS; GRID NODE; NUMERICAL ASPECTS; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS; NUMERICAL PREDICTIONS; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; PREDICTIVE CAPABILITIES; REYNOLDS-AVERAGED NAVIER-STOKES; REYNOLDS-AVERAGED NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; STRUCTURED GRID; STRUCTURED MESH; TURBULENCE MODELLING; TURBULENT TRANSITION; WIND TURBINE AERODYNAMICS;

AERODYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DRAG; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; FLUID DYNAMICS; MESH GENERATION; TURBULENCE; TURBULENCE MODELS; WAKES; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS;

EID: 72649091426     PISSN: 09576509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09576509JPE778     Document Type: Article

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