Aerodynamics of wind turbines / Martin O.L. Hansen.
"Aerodynamics of Wind Turbines is the established essential text for the fundamental solutions to efficient wind turbine design. Now in its second edition, it has been entirely updated and substantially extended to reflect advances in technology, research into rotor aerodynamics and the structu...
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London ; Sterling, VA :
Earthscan,
2008.
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| Edition: | Second edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- 1. General introduction to wind turbines
- 2. 2-D aerodynamics
- 3. 3-D aerodynamics
- 4. 1-D momentum theory for an ideal wind turbine
- 5. Shrouded rotors
- 6. The classical blade element momentum method
- 7. Control/regulation and safety systems
- 8. Optimization
- 9. Unsteady BEM method
- 10. Introduction to loads and structures
- 11. Beam theory for the wind turbine blade
- 12. Dynamic structural model of a wind turbine
- 13. Sources of loads on a wind turbine
- 13. Sources of loads on a wind turbine
- 14. Wind simulation
- 15. Fatigue
- 16. Final remarks
- App. A. Basic equations in fluid mechanics
- App. B. Symbols.