We perform the large-eddy simulation of the flow past a helicopter rotor to support the
investigation of rotorcraft wake characteristics and decay mechanisms. A hybrid Lagrangian …

From small drones to large Urban Air Mobility vehicles, the market of vertical take-off and
landing (VTOL) aircraft is currently booming. Modern VTOL designs feature a variety of …

Accurate simulation of wind turbine wakes is critical for the optimization of turbine efficiency
and prediction of fatigue loads. These wakes are three-dimensional, complex, unsteady and …

In the present study, a Gorlov Vertical Axis Wind Turbine (VAWT) in small dimensions was
numerically simulated using the Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) method. The purpose …

Wake losses are a critical consideration in wind farm design. The ability to steer and deform
wakes can result in increased wind farm power density and reduced energy costs and can …

The numerical study of the wake of full-scale slender devices such as aircraft wings and
wind turbine blades requires high-fidelity large eddy simulation tools. The broad spectrum of …

The impact of the blade support structures (the struts) on the performance of vertical-axis
turbines at a high Reynolds number is investigated here. Numerical simulations of a single …

Building on the well-known Prandtl lifting line, this work proposes an extended framework for
mollified lifting lines, which is valid for multidimensional Gaussian smoothings. The …

In the present work, Delayed Detached-Eddy Simulations (DDES) are conducted to evaluate
the performance of an H-Darrieus vertical-axis turbine with detached end-plates, namely …

Using delayed detached-eddy simulations, the objective of this paper is to show the effects
of some design parameters on the wake recovery of vertical-axis turbines. To that end, the …