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CFD Simulations for Airfoil Polars

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In this chapter on CFD simulations for airfoil polars, we focus on studies that are relevant to wind turbine airfoils, which have been investigated at reasonably high Reynolds numbers (i.e., Re>˜1×106). We specifically focus on topics such as solution approaches, grid characteristics, effects of turbulence models, near/post-stall behavior predictions, transition modeling, and Reynolds number effects. We include a sample group of selected studies covering relevant airfoils in wind energy research. More research papers can be found using the references given in this paper as a starting point. The main objective is to provide some guidance to the reader regarding how to set up a good CFD simulation to obtain airfoil polars by giving relevant examples from the literature.

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  1. Department of Aerospace Engineering, Director of Computational Aerodynamics Lab, METU Center for Wind Energy Research (RÜZGEM), Ankara, Turkey

    Nilay Sezer-Uzol

  2. Department of Aerospace Engineering, METU Center for Wind Energy Research (RÜZGEM), Ankara, Turkey

    Oğuz Uzol

  3. Department of Aerospace Engineering, Middle East Technical University (METU), METU Center for Wind Energy Research (RÜZGEM), Ankara, Turkey

    Ezgi Orbay-Akcengiz

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Sezer-Uzol, N., Uzol, O., Orbay-Akcengiz, E. (2021). CFD Simulations for Airfoil Polars. In: Stoevesandt, B., Schepers, G., Fuglsang, P., Yuping, S. (eds) Handbook of Wind Energy Aerodynamics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05455-7_12-1

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