Review of OpenFOAM applications in the computational wind engineering: from wind environment to wind structural engineering

A Ricci - Meccanica, 2024 - Springer
The use of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) in the wind engineering (WE) is generally
defined as computational wind engineering (CWE). Since its foundation in 2004, the use of …

IEA Wind Task 32: Wind lidar identifying and mitigating barriers to the adoption of wind lidar

A Clifton, P Clive, J Gottschall, D Schlipf, E Simley… - Remote Sensing, 2018 - mdpi.com
IEA Wind Task 32 exists to identify and mitigate barriers to the adoption of lidar for wind
energy applications. It leverages ongoing international research and development activities …

Identification of tower-wake distortions using sonic anemometer and lidar measurements

K McCaffrey, PT Quelet, A Choukulkar… - Atmospheric …, 2017 - amt.copernicus.org
The eXperimental Planetary boundary layer Instrumentation Assessment (XPIA) field
campaign took place in March through May 2015 at the Boulder Atmospheric Observatory …

An intercomparison of mesoscale models at simple sites for wind energy applications

BT Olsen, AN Hahmann, AM Sempreviva… - Wind Energy …, 2017 - wes.copernicus.org
Understanding uncertainties in wind resource assessment associated with the use of the
output from numerical weather prediction (NWP) models is important for wind energy …

Assessing boundary condition and parametric uncertainty in numerical-weather-prediction-modeled, long-term offshore wind speed through machine learning and …

N Bodini, W Hu, M Optis, G Cervone… - Wind Energy …, 2021 - wes.copernicus.org
To accurately plan and manage wind power plants, not only does the time-varying wind
resource at the site of interest need to be assessed but also the uncertainty connected to this …

Experimental and theoretical investigation of tower shadow impacts on anemometer measurements

WD Lubitz, A Michalak - Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial …, 2018 - Elsevier
The tower supporting an anemometer modifies the local wind field and anemometer
measurements. In wind energy resource assessment, tower-induced flow modification …

Porous and geometry-resolved CFD modelling of a lattice transmission tower validated by drag force and flow field measurements

J Allegrini, J Maesschalck, G Alessi, G Glabeke… - Engineering …, 2018 - Elsevier
The assessment of the aerodynamic forces acting on transmission towers is of crucial
importance for their design. These predictions are mainly based on an extrapolation of wind …

Identification of Tower and Boomwakes Using Collocated Anemometers and Lidar Measurement

ME Okorie, FL Inambao - International Journal of Mechanical …, 2019 - papers.ssrn.com
In this study the extent of tower and boom wake distortions were evaluated using collocated
anemometers and Lidar measurement based on wind data from Amperbo, Namibia, where …

Aerodynamic forces on a high-voltage delta-configuration lattice transmission tower segment

PS Oza, M Kumar, PK Mohapatra - Journal of Wind Engineering and …, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper presents a study on aerodynamic properties of the upper segment of a high-
voltage delta-configuration (cat-head) lattice transmission tower. These segments have …

Large-eddy simulation of the effects of a tower structure on wind velocity and drag coefficient

T Michioka - Asian Journal of Atmospheric Environment, 2024 - Springer
A large-eddy simulation was implemented for the flow around a cylindrical observation tower
to investigate the effects of the tower structure on wind speed and drag coefficient. The mean …