Experimental and theoretical study of wind turbine wakes in yawed conditions

M Bastankhah, F Porté-Agel - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2016 - cambridge.org
This work is dedicated to systematically studying and predicting the wake characteristics of a
yawed wind turbine immersed in a turbulent boundary layer. To achieve this goal, wind …

Large-eddy simulation on the similarity between wakes of wind turbines with different yaw angles

Z Li, X Yang - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2021 - cambridge.org
This work is dedicated to studying the similarity between wakes of wind turbines with
different yaw angles and tip speed ratios under different turbulent inflows using large-eddy …

A new analytical wake model for yawed wind turbines

GW Qian, T Ishihara - Energies, 2018 - mdpi.com
A new analytical wake model for wind turbines, considering ambient turbulence intensity,
thrust coefficient and yaw angle effects, is proposed from numerical and analytical studies …

A vortex sheet based analytical model of the curled wake behind yawed wind turbines

M Bastankhah, CR Shapiro, S Shamsoddin… - Journal of Fluid …, 2022 - cambridge.org
Motivated by the need for compact descriptions of the evolution of non-classical wakes
behind yawed wind turbines, we develop an analytical model to predict the shape of curled …

Modelling yawed wind turbine wakes: a lifting line approach

CR Shapiro, DF Gayme, C Meneveau - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2018 - cambridge.org
Yawing wind turbines has emerged as an appealing method for wake deflection. However,
the associated flow properties, including the magnitude of the transverse velocity associated …

Wind tunnel experiments on wind turbine wakes in yaw: effects of inflow turbulence and shear

J Bartl, F Mühle, J Schottler, L Sætran… - Wind Energy …, 2018 - wes.copernicus.org
The wake characteristics behind a yawed model wind turbine exposed to different
customized inflow conditions are investigated. Laser Doppler anemometry is used to …

Development and validation of a new two-dimensional wake model for wind turbine wakes

L Tian, W Zhu, W Shen, N Zhao, Z Shen - Journal of Wind Engineering and …, 2015 - Elsevier
A new two-dimensional (2D) wake model is developed and validated in this article to predict
the velocity and turbulence distribution in the wake of a wind turbine. Based on the classical …

Near-wake flow structure downwind of a wind turbine in a turbulent boundary layer

W Zhang, CD Markfort, F Porté-Agel - Experiments in fluids, 2012 - Springer
Wind turbines operate in the surface layer of the atmospheric boundary layer, where they
are subjected to strong wind shear and relatively high turbulence levels. These incoming …

A new Gaussian-based analytical wake model for wind turbines considering ambient turbulence intensities and thrust coefficient effects

T Ishihara, GW Qian - Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial …, 2018 - Elsevier
A new wake model for wind turbines considering ambient turbulence intensity and thrust
coefficient effects is proposed by numerical and analytical studies. Firstly, two kinds of …

A new analytical model for wind-turbine wakes

M Bastankhah, F Porté-Agel - Renewable energy, 2014 - Elsevier
A new analytical wake model is proposed and validated to predict the wind velocity
distribution downwind of a wind turbine. The model is derived by applying conservation of …