Open AccessAnalysis of wake states by a full‐field actuator disc model
Author(s) -
Sørensen J. N.,
Shen W. Z.,
Munduate X.
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(199812)1:2<73::aid-we12>3.0.co;2-l
Subject(s) - wake , propeller , mechanics , physics , rotor (electric) , momentum (technical analysis) , computation , windmill , classical mechanics , vortex , actuator , transient (computer programming) , turbulence , brake , engineering , mathematics , mechanical engineering , marine engineering , computer science , electrical engineering , economics , operating system , finance , algorithm , quantum mechanics , wind power
Various wake status have been analysed by a numerical method that combines the actuator disc principle with the Navier–Stokes equations. Results are compared with one‐dimensional momentum theory and experiments. The computations are in excellent agreement with one‐dimensional momentum theory for rotors working in the windmill brake state as well as in the propeller and hover states. The computations demonstrate that the turbulent wake and vortex ring states are unstable regimes for a rotor with constant loading and that these states, after a complicated transient phase, settle to a steady state. Copyright © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.