Going beyond BEM with BEM: an insight into dynamic inflow effects on floating wind turbines

F Papi, J Jonkman, A Robertson… - Wind Energy Science …, 2023 - wes.copernicus.org
Blade Element Momentum (BEM) theory is the backbone of many industry-standard wind
turbine aerodynamic models. To be applied to a broader set of engineering problems, BEM …

COFLEX: A novel set point optimiser and feedforward-feedback control scheme for large flexible wind turbines

G Lazzerini, J Deleuran Grunnet… - Wind Energy …, 2024 - wes.copernicus.org
Large-scale wind turbines offer higher power output but present design challenges as
increased blade flexibility affects aerodynamic performance and loading under varying …

Numerical Assessment and Validation of Floating Offshore Wind Turbines in One Fully Coupled CFD Simulation

J Sadique, S **e, YS Shekhawat, H Darling… - Offshore Technology …, 2024 - onepetro.org
In this work we present a coupled computational fluid dynamics and fluid-structure
interaction approach for simulating the dynamics of floating offshore wind turbines (FOWTs) …

Impact of rotor size on the aeroelastic behavior of large turbines: a LES study using flexible actuator lines

F Trigaux, P Chatelain… - Journal of Physics …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper investigates the impact of rotor size on the structural displacements and loads of
large wind turbines during power production. The actuator line method is used in Large …

Large Eddy Simulation of the IEA 15-MW Wind Turbine Using a Two-Way Coupled Fluid-Structure Interaction Model

C Bernardi, S Cherubini, F Manganelli, G Della Posta… - 2024 - authorea.com
The aim of the work is studying the aeroelastic response of the 15 MW NREL-IEA large-
scale wind turbine using a high-fidelity fluid-structure interaction solver that combines large …