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Articles | Volume 7, issue 4
Articles | Volume 7, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-7-1551-2022
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https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-7-1551-2022
© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 7, issue 4
Research article
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20 Jul 2022
Research article |  | 20 Jul 2022

Computational fluid dynamics studies on wind turbine interactions with the turbulent local flow field influenced by complex topography and thermal stratification

Patrick Letzgus, Giorgia Guma, and Thorsten Lutz

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The research article presents the results of a study of highly resolved numerical simulations of a wind energy test site in complex terrain that is currently under construction in the Swabian Alps in southern Germany. The numerical results emphasised the importance of considering orography, vegetation, and thermal stratification in numerical simulations to resolve the wind field decently. In this way, the effects on loads, power, and wake of the wind turbine can also be predicted well.
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