Open AccessNear wake Reynolds‐averaged Navier–Stokes predictions of the wake behind the MEXICO rotor in axial and yawed flow conditions
Author(s) -
Sørensen Niels N.,
Bechmann A.,
Réthoré PE.,
Zahle F.
Publication year - 2014
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/we.1559
Subject(s) - wake , reynolds number , mechanics , rotor (electric) , flow (mathematics) , transect , physics , geology , turbulence , meteorology , quantum mechanics , oceanography
In the present paper, Reynolds‐averaged Navier–Stokes predictions of the flow field around the MEXICO rotor in yawed conditions are compared with measurements. The paper illustrates the high degree of qualitative and quantitative agreement that can be obtained for this highly unsteady flow situation, by comparing measured and computed velocity profiles for all three Cartesian velocity components along four axial transects and several radial transects. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.