The wind energy industry relies heavily on computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to analyze
new turbine designs. To utilize CFD earlier in the design process, where lower-fidelity …

The airfoil design problem, in which an engineer seeks a shape with desired performance
characteristics, is fundamental to aerodynamics. Design workflows traditionally rely on …

Wind energy has become an important source of electricity generation, with the aim of
achieving a cleaner and more sustainable energy model. However, wind turbine …

Modern wind turbines employ thick airfoils in the outer region of the blade with strong
adverse pressure gradients and high sensitivity to flow separation, which can be anticipated …

Flatback airfoils are airfoils with a blunt trailing edge. They are currently commonly used in
the inboard part of large wind turbine blades, as they offer a number of aerodynamic …

The growth in size and weight of wind turbines over the last years has led to the
development of flow control devices, such as Gurney flaps (GFs). In the current work, a …

Gurney flaps (GFs) and microtabs (MTs) are two of the most frequently used passive flow
control devices on wind turbines. They are small tabs situated close to the airfoil trailing …

Microtabs (MT) consist of a small tab placed on the airfoil surface close to the trailing edge
and perpendicular to the surface. A study to find the optimal position to improve airfoil …

In this work, different turbulence models were applied to predict the performance of a DU-06-
W-200 airfoil, a typical choice for vertical-axis wind turbines (VAWT). A compromise between …

The airborne wind energy (AWE) technology aims to utilise tethered wings to harvest wind
energy at altitudes conventional wind turbines cannot reach. There are two distinct methods …