Introduction to Wind Turbine Aerodynamics

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxii

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2. Introduction

   • A. P. Schaffarczyk

   Pages 1-6

3. Types of Wind Turbines

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   Pages 7-20

4. Basic Fluid Mechanics

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   Pages 21-63

5. Inflow Conditions to Wind Turbines

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   Pages 65-73

6. Momentum Theories

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   Pages 75-97

7. Application of Vortex Theory

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   Pages 99-119

8. Application of Computational Fluid Mechanics

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   Pages 121-157

9. Experiments

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   Pages 159-184

10. Impact of Aerodynamics on Blade Design

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    Pages 185-198

11. Concluding Remarks on Further Developments

    • A. P. Schaffarczyk

    Pages 199-202

12. Back Matter

    Pages 203-265

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Wind-Turbine Aerodynamics is a self-contained textbook which shows how to come from the basics of fluid mechanics to modern wind turbine blade design. It presents a fundamentals of fluid dynamics and inflow conditions, and gives a extensive introduction into theories describing the aerodynamics of wind turbines. After introducing experiments the book applies the knowledge to explore the impact on blade design.The book is an introduction for professionals and students of very varying levels.

• Aerodynamics
• Betz Vortex Sheets
• Blade Design
• Horizontal-Axis Wind Turbines HAWT
• Inflow Coditions
• Joukovski Vortex Lines
• Wind Turbine Blades

• Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Applied Sciences, Kiel, Germany

  A. P. Schaffarczyk

Alois Schaffarczyk obtained his PhD in Statistical Physics from the University of Göttigen, Germany. Prior to this he spent six years in industry solving practical problems in fluid mechanics. He joined UAS Kiel in 1992 and in 1997 began his career in the wind turbine community, specializing in CFD, experiments and blade design. Professor Schaffarczyk attends many conferences in this field  and has lectured on the subject in China, Morocco and Norway. He was a participant at some of the highly respected IEAwind annexes and held the function of sub-task manager at MexNext.