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Application of Computational Fluid Mechanics

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Abstract

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.

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 a diffusions term because of the fluctuation-dissipation theorem from linear and equilibrium statistical mechanics (Chap. 3) [15]. 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. (2014). Application of Computational Fluid Mechanics. In: Introduction to Wind Turbine Aerodynamics. Green Energy and Technology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36409-9_7

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