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Scale-Adaptive Simulation (SAS) of Dynamic Stall on a Wind Turbine

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Progress in Hybrid RANS-LES Modelling

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Scale-adaptive simulation (SAS) approach is employed to investigate the complex dynamic stall phenomena occurring on a wind turbine blade. The results are compared with the more popular less computationally-expensive unsteady Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (URANS) approach where the latter is validated using three sets of experimental data. The comparison reveals that the two approaches have similar predictions of the instant of the formation/bursting/shedding of the laminar separation bubble (LSB) and dynamic stall vortex (DSV), the size of the LSB and aerodynamic loads during the upstroke. This is while the two approaches exhibit dissimilar predictions of the trailing-edge vortex characteristics, its interaction with the DSV, number of secondary vortices and aerodynamic loads during the downstroke.

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The authors acknowledge support from the EU Horizon 2020 (H2020-MSCA-ITN-2014), the TU1304 COST ACTION “WINERCOST, the partnership with ANSYS CFD, the NWO and FWO 12M5319N.

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  1. TU Eindhoven, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

    Abdolrahim Rezaeiha, Hamid Montazeri & Bert Blocken

  2. KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

    Hamid Montazeri & Bert Blocken

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  1. ICUBE—Strasbourg University, Strasbourg, France

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  2. Defence & Security, Systems and Technology, Swedish Defence Research Agency, FOI, Stockholm, Sweden

    Shia-Hui Peng

  3. Institut für Aerodynamik und Strömungstechnik, DLR German Aerospace Center, Göttingen, Niedersachsen, Germany

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Rezaeiha, A., Montazeri, H., Blocken, B. (2020). Scale-Adaptive Simulation (SAS) of Dynamic Stall on a Wind Turbine. In: Hoarau, Y., Peng, SH., Schwamborn, D., Revell, A., Mockett, C. (eds) Progress in Hybrid RANS-LES Modelling . Notes on Numerical Fluid Mechanics and Multidisciplinary Design, vol 143. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-27607-2_26

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