Large Eddy simulation of dynamically controlled wind turbines using actuator discs

50th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting Including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Storey, R C ^a   Norris, S E ^a   Stol, K A ^a   Cater, J E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATOR DISC; AERO-ELASTIC SIMULATIONS; COMPUTATIONALLY EFFICIENT; CONTROL DATA; COUPLED SIMULATION; INTERACTION EFFECT; LOAD FLUCTUATIONS; MODELLING CODES; OFF-SHORE; SIMULATION DOMAIN; TRANSIENT FLOW; TRANSIENT MODELLING; TURBINE MODELS; TURBINE SYSTEMS; WAKE STRUCTURES; WIND EVENTS; WIND FARM; WIND FARM LAYOUTS; WIND TURBINE WAKES;

ACTUATOR DISKS; AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; CONTROLLERS; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; EXHIBITIONS; WAKES; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 84873807646     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2012-538     Document Type: Conference Paper

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