Aerodynamics of Wind Turbines : A Physical Basis for Analysis and Design.

Intro -- Table of Contents -- About the Author -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- List of Symbols -- About the Companion Website -- 1 Introduction: Wind Turbines and the Wind Resource -- 1.1 A Brief History of Wind Turbine Development -- 1.2 Wind Resource Characterization -- References -- Further Reading -- 2 Momentum Theory -- 2.1 Actuator Disk Model -- 2.2 Rotor Disk Model -- References -- Further Reading -- 3 Blade Element Momentum Theory (BEMT) -- 3.1 The Blade Element - Incremental Torque and Thrust -- 3.2 Combining Momentum Theory and Blade Element Theory through a, a', and Φ -- 3.3 Aerodynamic Design and Performance of an Ideal Rotor -- 3.4 Tip and Root Loss Factors -- 3.5 BEM Solution Method -- 3.6 Simplified BEMT (Wilson and Lissaman 1974) -- 3.7 Effect of Design Parameters on Power Coefficient -- 3.8 Validity of BEMT -- References -- Further Reading -- 4 Wind Turbine Airfoils -- 4.1 Fundamentals of Airfoil Theory -- 4.2 Design Characteristics of Wind Turbine Airfoils -- 4.3 Development of Wind Turbine Airfoils -- References -- Further Reading -- 5 Unsteady Aerodynamics and 3‐D Correction Models for Airfoil Characteristics -- 5.1 Unsteady Aerodynamics on Wind Turbine Blades -- 5.2 Rotational Augmentation and Stall Delay -- 5.3 Airfoil Characteristics at High Angles of Attack -- References -- Further Reading -- 6 Vortex Wake Methods -- 6.1 Fundamentals of Prandtl Lifting‐Line Theory -- 6.2 Prescribed‐Wake Methods -- 6.3 Free‐Wake Methods -- References -- Further Reading -- 7 Advanced Computational Methods -- 7.1 High‐Fidelity Blade‐Resolved CFD Solutions -- 7.2 Numerical Modeling of Wind Turbine Wakes -- 7.3 Wake Modeling - Effect of Atmospheric Stability State -- References -- Further Reading -- 8 Design Principles, Scaled Design, and Optimization -- 8.1 Design Principles for Horizontal‐Axis Wind Turbines.

8.2 Scaled Design of Wind Turbine Blades -- 8.3 Aerodynamic Optimization of Wind Turbine Blades -- 8.4 Summary - Scaled Design and Optimization -- References -- Further Reading -- Index -- End User License Agreement.

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