Open AccessReview of the present status of rotor aerodynamics
Author(s) -
Snel H.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
wind energy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.743
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 1099-1824
pISSN - 1095-4244
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-1824(199804)1:1+<46::aid-we3>3.0.co;2-9
Subject(s) - aerodynamics , aerospace engineering , rotor (electric) , helicopter rotor , engineering , aeronautics , computer science , mechanical engineering , physics
A review is presented of the state of the art in wind turbine rotor aerodynamics. Both the ‘engineering methods’, used in aeroelastic computer programmes, and more fundamental Euler and Navier Stokes are described and reviewed and problem areas in urgent need of a solution are addressed. An attempt is made to minimise the use of equations in the main text, to access a wider public. The basic equation systems are treated separately in an Appendix. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.