Dynamic overset CFD simulations of wind turbine aerodynamics

Renewable Energy

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 285-298

  Li, Yuwei ^a   Paik, Kwang Jun ^a   Xing, Tao ^b   Carrica, Pablo M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b University of Idaho   (United States)

^c University of Iowa   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Overset grids; Rotor flow; Wind turbine aerodynamics

Indexed keywords

BLADE PITCH; CFD SIMULATIONS; COMPLEX COMPUTATION; CONSTANT ROTATIONAL SPEED; DETACHED EDDY SIMULATIONS; DYNAMIC OVERSET GRIDS; INERTIAL FRAMES; NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY; NORMAL FORCE COEFFICIENTS; OVERSET GRID; PITCH ANGLE; PRESSURE COEFFICIENTS; ROTOR FLOW; TOTAL POWER; TURBINE CONTROL; UNSTEADY REYNOLDS-AVERAGED NAVIER-STOKES; WIND SPEED; WIND TURBINE AERODYNAMICS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; TURBULENCE MODELS; WIND EFFECTS; WIND TURBINES;

AERODYNAMICS;

AERODYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; EDDY; FLUID-STRUCTURE INTERACTION; GEOMETRY; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL MODEL; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; THRUST; WIND TURBINE; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 79961129077     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2011.06.029     Document Type: Article

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