3D simulation of wind turbine rotors at full scale. Part I: Geometry modeling and aerodynamics

DOI10.1002/fld.2400zbMath1428.76086OpenAlexW2094936862MaRDI QIDQ3068778

Yuri Bazilevs, Timothy Spielman, Ming-Chen Hsu, Samuel Wright, Kenji Takizawa, Bradley Henicke, Ido Akkerman, Tayfun E. Tezduyar

Publication date: 17 January 2011

Published in: International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1002/fld.2400

zbMATH Keywords

geometry modelingisogeometric analysisNURBSwind turbine bladesrotating turbulent flowwind turbine rotorfluid--structure interactionaerodynamic torque

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Fluid-solid interactions (including aero- and hydro-elasticity, porosity, etc.) (74F10) General aerodynamics and subsonic flows (76G25) Mathematical modeling or simulation for problems pertaining to fluid mechanics (76-10)

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