A boundary integral equation over the thin rotating blade of a wind turbine

In the present paper we study the aerodynamics of a thin rotating Wind Turbine (WT) blade. Under the assumption of high specific speed (i.e. large angular velocity), by using the classical potential theory, the problem is reduced to a dual integral equation over the surface of the blade. Since a cer...

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Published inEngineering analysis with boundary elements Vol. 71; pp. 20 - 26
Main Authors Mescheryakov, K., Sumbatyan, M.A., Bondarchuk, A.A.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier Ltd 01.10.2016
Subjects
Angular velocity
Blades
Boundaries
Boundary element method
Dual integral equation
Integral equations
Iteration method
Mathematical analysis
Method of discrete vortices
Thin rotating blade
Vectors (mathematics)
Wind turbines
Method of discrete vortices
Thin rotating blade
Iteration method
Dual integral equation
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Summary:In the present paper we study the aerodynamics of a thin rotating Wind Turbine (WT) blade. Under the assumption of high specific speed (i.e. large angular velocity), by using the classical potential theory, the problem is reduced to a dual integral equation over the surface of the blade. Since a certain value of the axial component of the velocity vector, which is not known a priori, is present in the right-hand side of the basic dual integral equation, the method proposed is based on an iteration scheme. This rapidly converges in two-three steps. The method is tested on example of a small WT, by a comparison with the results obtained by the ANSYS-CFX finite-volume software.
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ISSN:0955-7997
1873-197X
DOI:10.1016/j.enganabound.2016.06.008