With the main advantages of simple shape, smart structural and wind direction
independence, Straight-bladed vertical axis wind turbines has been increasingly used in …

Background and objective Human upper airway (HUA) has been widely investigated by
many researchers covering various aspects, such as the effects of geometrical parameters …

A comparative analysis of seven commonly-used eddy-viscosity turbulence models for CFD
simulations of VAWTs is presented. The models include one-to four-equations, namely the …

Due to growing interest in wind energy harvesting offshore as well as in the urban
environment, vertical axis wind turbines (VAWTs) have recently received renewed interest …

Accurate prediction of the performance of a vertical-axis wind turbine (VAWT) using
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulation requires a domain size that is large enough …

IN THE past few decades, a significant amount of progress has been made in the
development of reliable turbulence models that can accurately simulate a wide range of fully …

The current study systematically analyzes the impact of solidity (σ) and number of blades (n)
on the aerodynamic performance of 2-, 3-and 4-bladed Darrieus H-type vertical axis wind …

The present author was asked to provide an update on the status and the more recent
developments around the shear-stress transport (SST) turbulence model for this special …

A combined experimental and numerical investigation is carried out to study the
performance of a micro vertical-axis wind turbine (VAWT) with variable-pitch. Three …

Providing a comprehensive grounding in the subject of turbulence, Statistical Theory and
Modeling for Turbulent Flows develops both the physical insight and the mathematical …