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Aerofoil Aerodynamics of Wind Energy Devices

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Dynamic stall is a complex fluid dynamics problem that occurs on an airfoil during rapid, transient motion in which the angle of attack goes beyond the static stall angle. Since the instantaneous sectional aerodynamic loads may surpass the static values, dynamic stall events often dictate the operational load range in several systems, including wind energy machines. Typically the phenomenon of dynamic stall is modelled using semi-empirical or the so-called engineering approaches, derived from 2D wind tunnel tests. However, extrapolation to wind energy machines’ behaviour must be done carefully as real conditions of DS occurrence arise as a combination of complex, interacting phenomena, including 3D aerodynamic features (e.g. due to yaw misalignment and rotational augmentation) and also blade structural vibrations.

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  1. Faculty of Aerospace, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands

    Ricardo Santos Pereira

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  3. Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy, Brande, Denmark

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Santos Pereira, R. (2021). Aerofoil Aerodynamics of Wind Energy Devices. 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_14-1

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