State of the art in the aeroelasticity of wind turbine blades: Aeroelastic modelling

L Wang, X Liu, A Kolios - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
With the continuous increasing size and flexibility of large wind turbine blades, aeroelasticity
has been becoming a significant subject for wind turbine blade design. There have been …

A CFD study into the influence of unsteady aerodynamic interference on wind turbine surge motion

TT Tran, DH Kim - Renewable Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
To improve knowledge of the unsteady aerodynamic characteristics and interference effects
of a floating offshore wind turbine (FOWT), this article focuses on the platform surge motion …

Airfoil optimization to improve power performance of a high-solidity vertical axis wind turbine at a moderate tip speed ratio

N Ma, H Lei, Z Han, D Zhou, Y Bao, K Zhang, L Zhou… - Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
The relatively low power coefficient restricts the wide application of vertical axis wind
turbines (VAWTs). An effective solution to this problem is to design specific airfoil profiles …

Hydrodynamic characteristics of a 15 MW semi-submersible floating offshore wind turbine in freak waves

W Zhong, X Zhang, D Wan - Ocean Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Dynamics of the floating offshore wind turbines (FOWTs) in harsh ocean environments gains
increasing attention due to the high maintenance costs in case of structural damage. The …

A hybrid numerical model for simulating aero-elastic-hydro-mooring-wake dynamic responses of floating offshore wind turbine

Z Yu, Q Ma, X Zheng, K Liao, H Sun, A Khayyer - Ocean Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
It demands many computational resources to model the coupled responses of a floating
offshore wind turbine (FOWT), especially for its aero-elastic-hydro-mooring-wake dynamics …

Fluid-structure interaction analysis of wind turbine aerodynamic loads and aeroelastic responses considering blade and tower flexibility

D Zhang, Z Liu, W Li, J Zhang, L Cheng, G Hu - Engineering Structures, 2024 - Elsevier
With the increasing size of wind turbines, the aeroelastic phenomenon plays an essential
role in the safety of wind turbines. A fluid-structure interaction (FSI) analysis for wind turbine …

[HTML][HTML] Coupling dynamics of floating wind turbines: History, progress and challenges

WEN Binrong, T **nliang, LI Zhanwei, P Zhike - 力学进展, 2022 - lxjz.cstam.org.cn
Wind power is one of the essential branches of renewable energy resources, and it is
playing an important role in innovating energy systems and mitigating global climate …

LES simulation study of wind turbine aerodynamic characteristics with fluid-structure interaction analysis considering blade and tower flexibility

D Zhang, Z Liu, W Li, G Hu - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
As wind turbine blades become longer and more flexible, aerodynamic characteristics
become increasingly complex and require complete investigations. In this study, a two-way …

Aerodynamic and structural analysis for blades of a 15MW floating offshore wind turbine

Y Zhang, Y Song, C Shen, NZ Chen - Ocean Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Recent years have seen an important evolution toward large-scale and increased gross
capability in the design of floating wind turbines. For an up-to-date 15 MW wind turbine, the …

Simulation of aeroelastic behavior in a composite wind turbine blade

R Rafiee, M Tahani, M Moradi - Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial …, 2016 - Elsevier
Aeroelastic analysis of a full scale composite wind turbine blade is investigated using its 3D
model. Aerodynamic loading is determined using modified Blade Element Momentum theory …