Comparison of the near-wake between actuator-line simulations and a simplified vortex model of a horizontal-axis wind turbine

Wind Energy

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 471-481

  Sarmast, Sasan ^a,c   Segalini, Antonio ^b   Mikkelsen, Robert F ^a   Ivanell, Stefan ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c GOTLAND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

actuator line model; CFD; large eddy simulation; near wake; vortex model; wind turbine wake

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; NUMERICAL MODELS; VORTEX FLOW; WAKES; WIND TURBINES;

CIRCULATION DISTRIBUTION; COMPUTATIONAL EFFORT; HORIZONTAL AXIS WIND TURBINES; LINE MODELS; NEAR WAKE; NEAR-WAKE STRUCTURE; VORTEX MODEL; WIND TURBINE WAKES;

TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

CONSTANT; FLOW MEASUREMENT; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; SIMULATOR; VORTEX; WIND TURBINE;

EID: 84955752555     PISSN: 10954244     EISSN: 10991824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/we.1845     Document Type: Article

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