Computational fluid dynamics in turbomachinery: a review of state of the art

RN Pinto, A Afzal, LV D'Souza, Z Ansari… - … Methods in Engineering, 2017 - Springer
Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) plays an essential role to analyze fluid flows and heat
transfer situations by using numerical methods. Turbomachines involve internal and external …

Large-eddy simulation of atmospheric boundary layer flow through wind turbines and wind farms

F Porté-Agel, YT Wu, H Lu, RJ Conzemius - Journal of Wind Engineering …, 2011 - Elsevier
Accurate prediction of atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) flow and its interactions with wind
turbines and wind farms is critical for optimizing the design (turbine siting) of wind energy …

3D simulation of wind turbine rotors at full scale. Part II: Fluid–structure interaction modeling with composite blades

Y Bazilevs, MC Hsu, J Kiendl… - … Journal for numerical …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
In this two‐part paper, we present a collection of numerical methods combined into a single
framework, which has the potential for a successful application to wind turbine rotor …

Large-eddy simulation of a very large wind farm in a stable atmospheric boundary layer

H Lu, F Porté-Agel - Physics of Fluids, 2011 - pubs.aip.org
When deployed as large arrays, wind turbines significantly interact among themselves and
with the atmospheric boundary layer. In this study, we integrate a three-dimensional large …

Wind turbine CFD modeling using a correlation-based transitional model

R Lanzafame, S Mauro, M Messina - Renewable Energy, 2013 - Elsevier
This paper describes the development of a Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine 3D CFD model
using the Ansys Fluent solver. The model was developed to predict wind turbine …

Dynamic overset CFD simulations of wind turbine aerodynamics

Y Li, KJ Paik, T Xing, PM Carrica - Renewable Energy, 2012 - Elsevier
Simulations of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) phase VI wind turbine
using dynamic overset grid technology are presented. The simulations are performed in an …

Finite element simulation of wind turbine aerodynamics: validation study using NREL Phase VI experiment

MC Hsu, I Akkerman, Y Bazilevs - Wind Energy, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT A validation study using the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
Phase VI wind turbine is presented. The aerodynamics simulations are performed using the …

[HTML][HTML] Field measurements of wind turbine wakes with lidars

GV Iungo, YT Wu, F Porté-Agel - Journal of Atmospheric and …, 2013 - journals.ametsoc.org
Field measurements of the wake flow produced from a 2-MW Enercon E-70 wind turbine
were performed using three scanning Doppler wind lidars. A GPS-based technique was …

Characterization of the unsteady aerodynamics of offshore floating wind turbines

T Sebastian, MA Lackner - Wind Energy, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Large‐scale offshore floating wind turbines were first proposed in 1972 by Prof. William E.
Heronemus at the University of Massachusetts. Since then, very little progress has been …

High-performance computing of wind turbine aerodynamics using isogeometric analysis

MC Hsu, I Akkerman, Y Bazilevs - Computers & Fluids, 2011 - Elsevier
In this article we present a high-performance computing framework for advanced flow
simulation and its application to wind energy based on the residual-based variational …