Introduction to Wind Turbine Aerodynamics
Wind-Turbine Aerodynamics is a self-contained textbook which shows how to come from the basics of fluid mechanics to modern wind turbine blade design. It presents a fundamentals of fluid dynamics and inflow conditions, and gives a extensive introduction into theories describing the aerodynamics of w...
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| Language: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg :
Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer,
2014.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2014. |
| Series: | Green Energy and Technology,
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36409-9 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Types of Wind Turbines
- Basic Fluid Dynamics
- Inflow Conditions for Wind Turbines
- Momentum Theories
- Application of Vortex Theories
- Application of Computational Fluid Mechanics
- Experiments
- Impact of Aerodynamics on Blade Design
- Concluding Remarks on Further Developments.