The paper presents a detailed review of the state-of-the-art research activities on structural
reliability analysis of wind turbines between the 1990s and 2017. We describe the reliability …

Accurate prediction of the wake is conducive to achieving the safe and efficient operation of
large-scale offshore floating wind turbines. To further understand the wake characteristics of …

Understanding and modeling the aerodynamic wake of airborne wind energy systems
(AWESs) is crucial for estimating the performance and defining the design of such systems …

Near-wake effects of wind turbine models using the free-vortex wake have been studied
extensively, but there is a lack of validation for such predictions in the mid to far wake. This …

A modified free-wake vortex ring model is proposed to compute the dynamics of a floating
horizontal-axis wind turbine, which is divided into two parts. The near wake model uses a …

The unsteady flow physics of wind-turbine wakes under dynamic forcing conditions are
critical to the modelling and control of wind farms for optimal power density. Unsteady …

Abstract Momentum analysis through Blade Element Momentum (BEM) and Computational
Fluid Dynamics (CFD) are the two major paths commonly followed for wind turbine …

Understanding and modelling the aerodynamic wake of airborne wind energy systems
(AWESs) is crucial for estimating the performance and defining the design of such systems …

The goal of this study is to determine the aero-propulsive performance of an over-the-wing
distributed propulsion (OTWDP) system, and to understand how it depends on various …

The doctoral thesis is focused on the development of a new computational model for
analysis of contra-rotating propellers, its testing and verification, and application on selected …