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Introduction to Wind Turbine Aerodynamics pp 135–176Cite as

Application of Computational Fluid Mechanics

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As we have seen in the previous chapters, due the nonlinear behavior it is very difficult—if not impossible—to get simple analytical solutions of the basic fluid dynamic equations in a systematic way. Therefore, it has become normal to use (massive) numerical methods for solving them. In an ideal situation this would mean that only the Eqs. (3.37) from Chap. 3 are used (of course adapted to a suitable form for computers) together with a geometrical description of the problem (a wind turbine wing, for example) and a surrounding control volume for setting the boundary conditions for the unknown fields (pressure and velocity).

You can’t calculate what you haven’t understood. (Originally thought to be from P. W. Anderson.)

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Notes

  1. 1.

    Quadratic correlations may be replaced by diffusions term because of the Fluctuation–Dissipation Theorem from linear and equilibrium statistical mechanics ([54] in Chap. 3). It states that the variance of equilibrium fluctuations determines the strength of losses by small disturbances as well.

  2. 2.

    From now on in this book the term CFD is assumed to be a RANS simulation where only the full 3D geometry of the wind turbine (or its blades) is used.

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Schaffarczyk, A.P. (2020). Application of Computational Fluid Mechanics. In: Introduction to Wind Turbine Aerodynamics. Green Energy and Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-41028-5_7

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