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On the laminar–turbulent transition mechanism on megawatt wind turbine blades operating in atmospheric flow
Brandon Arthur Lobo
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Mechanical Engineering Department, Kiel University of Applied Sciences, 24149 Kiel, Germany
Özge Sinem Özçakmak
Department of Wind Energy, Denmark Technical University, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark
Helge Aagaard Madsen
Department of Wind Energy, Denmark Technical University, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark
Alois Peter Schaffarczyk
Mechanical Engineering Department, Kiel University of Applied Sciences, 24149 Kiel, Germany
Michael Breuer
Department of Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Helmut-Schmidt-Universität Hamburg, 22043 Hamburg, Germany
Niels N. Sørensen
Department of Wind Energy, Denmark Technical University, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark
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Results from the DAN-AERO and aerodynamic glove projects provide significant findings. The effects of inflow turbulence on transition and wind turbine blades are compared to computational fluid dynamic simulations. It is found that the transition scenario changes even over a single revolution. The importance of a suitable choice of amplification factor is evident from the simulations. An agreement between the power spectral density plots from the experiment and large-eddy simulations is seen.
Results from the DAN-AERO and aerodynamic glove projects provide significant findings. The...
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