Is the Blade Element Momentum theory overestimating wind turbine loads? – An aeroelastic comparison between OpenFAST's AeroDyn and QBlade's Lifting-Line Free Vortex Wake method
<p>Load calculations play a key role in determining the design loads of different wind turbine components. To obtain the aerodynamic loads for these calculations, the industry relies heavily on the Blade Element Momentum (BEM) theory. BEM methods use several engineering correction models to ca...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2020-06-01
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| Series: | Wind Energy Science |
| Online Access: | https://wes.copernicus.org/articles/5/721/2020/wes-5-721-2020.pdf |