Analysis of the sweeped actuator line method

The actuator line method made it possible to describe the near wake of a wind turbine more accurately than with the actuator disk method. Whereas the actuator line generates the helicoidal vortex system shed from the tip blades, the actuator disk method sheds a vortex sheet from the edge of the roto...

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Main Authors: Nathan Jörn, Masson Christian, Dufresne Louis, Churchfield Matthew
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EDP Sciences 2015-01-01
Series:E3S Web of Conferences
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20150501001