2D numerical simulations of blade-vortex interaction in a darrieus turbine

Journal of Fluids Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 131, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1111031-11110315

  Amet, E ^a   Maitre T ^b   Pellone, C ^c   Achard, J L ^c  

^a LEGI   (France)

^b GRENOBLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Dynamic stall; Hysteresis; RANS modeling; VAWT

Indexed keywords

2-D NUMERICAL SIMULATION; BLADE VORTEX INTERACTION; DARRIEUS; DARRIEUS TURBINE; DYNAMIC STALL; DYNAMIC STALLS; GRID REFINEMENT; INCIDENCE ANGLES; LARGE HYSTERESIS; LIFT AND DRAG; MULTIBLOCKS; OPERATING CONDITION; OPTIMAL EFFICIENCY; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; PRIMARY EFFECTS; RANS MODELING; STRUCTURED MESH; TIME STEP; TIP SPEED RATIO; UNSTEADY EFFECTS; VERTICAL AXIS WIND TURBINES; WATER CHANNELS; WIND TURBINE BLADES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRAG; DYNAMICS; HYSTERESIS; LIFT DRAG RATIO; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SPEED; VISUALIZATION; VORTEX SHEDDING; WAKES; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

EID: 77955288728     PISSN: 00982202     EISSN: 1528901X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4000258     Document Type: Article

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