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Considerations and Challenges Specific to Rotor Aerodynamics

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Some of the main challenges specific to rotor aerodynamics are mentioned in this chapter. These include the effect of yaw and tilt (i.e. when the turbine is not aligned with the main flow) and the rotational effects.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    Lower axial induction will result in higher angle of attacks. As long as the airfoil operates below stall, an increase of angle of attack will result in an increase in loads.

  2. 2.

    The BEM methods is presented in Chap. 10 and the ad-hoc yaw models are presented in Sect. 10.3.3.

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Branlard, E. (2017). Considerations and Challenges Specific to Rotor Aerodynamics. In: Wind Turbine Aerodynamics and Vorticity-Based Methods. Research Topics in Wind Energy, vol 7. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55164-7_6

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