Aerodynamics of wind turbines : a physical basis for analysis and design

Aerodynamics of wind turbines : a physical basis for analysis and design / Sven Schmitz, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Pennsylvania State University.

"Aerodynamics of Wind Turbines: A Physical Basis for Analysis and Design is a self-contained textbook on the aerodynamics, scaled design and analysis, and optimization of horizontal-axis wind turbines and is closely integrated with XTurb design and analysis software. XTurb is an easy-to-use sof...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schmitz, Sven, 1976- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken : Wiley, 2019.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Wind turbines > Aerodynamics.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Mechanical.
Wind turbines > Aerodynamics
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: wind turbines and the wind resource
  • Momentum theory
  • Blade element momentum theory (BEMT)
  • Wind turbine airfoils
  • Unsteady aerodynamics and 3-D correction models for airfoil characteristics
  • Vortex wake methods
  • Advanced computational methods
  • Design principles, scaled design, and optimization

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