Articles | Volume 9, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-385-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-385-2024
Research article
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16 Feb 2024
Research article |  | 16 Feb 2024

Development and application of a mesh generator intended for unsteady vortex-lattice method simulations of wind turbines and wind farms

Bruno A. Roccia, Luis R. Ceballos, Marcos L. Verstraete, and Cristian G. Gebhardt

Model code and software

UVLMeshGen: UVLM-oriented mesh generator for wind turbines B. A. Roccia https://github.com/brunoroccia/UVLMeshGen-mesh-generator

brunoroccia/UVLMeshGen-mesh-generator: UVLMeshGen Initial release (1.00) B. Roccia https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10646995

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Short summary
In the literature there is a lack of meshing tools when it comes to building aerodynamic grids of wind turbines/farms to be used along with potential flow solvers. In this work, we present a detailed description of the geometric modeling and computational implementation of an interactive mesh generator, named UVLMeshGen, for onshore/offshore wind farms. The work is completed by providing a series of aerodynamic results related to wind turbines/farms to show the capacity of the mesh generator.
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