This article briefly reviews wind turbine aerodynamics, which follows an explanation of the
aerodynamic complexity. The aerodynamic models including blade momentum theory …

The fundamental physics of HAWT aerodynamics in yaw is reviewed with reference to some
of the latest scientific research covering both measurements and numerical modelling. The …

The performance of a 0.9 m diameter model wind turbine using the National Renewable
Energy Laboratory S826 airfoil profile has been investigated both experimentally and …

In the analysis of the aerodynamic performance of wind turbines, the need to account for the
effects of rotation is important as engineering models often failed to predict these …

Rotational effects are known to influence severely the aerodynamic performance of the
inboard region of rotor blades. The underlying physical mechanisms are however far from …

Detailed studies of modern large-scale wind turbines represent a significant challenge. The
immense length scales characteristic of these machines, in combination with rotational …

This book presents the state of the art in the analyses of three-dimensional flow over rotating
wind turbine blades. Systematic studies for wind turbine rotors with different sizes were …

The root flow of wind turbine blades is subjected to complex physical mechanisms that
influence significantly the rotor aerodynamic performance. Spanwise flows, the …

This work presents an analysis of data from existing as well as new full‐rotor computational
fluid dynamics computations on the MEXICO rotor, with focus on the flow around the inboard …

This work proposes an improved order of magnitude estimate methodology of rotational
effects on wind turbines, by applying the partial pressure field concept to the case of rotating …