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Introduction to Wind Turbine Aerodynamics

  • Shows how to come from the basics of fluid mechanics to modern wind turbine blade design
  • Explores the impact of aerodynamics on the blade design
  • Self-contained introduction
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Green Energy and Technology (GREEN)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
  2. Introduction

    • A. P. Schaffarczyk
    Pages 1-6
  3. Types of Wind Turbines

    • A. P. Schaffarczyk
    Pages 7-20
  4. Basic Fluid Mechanics

    • A. P. Schaffarczyk
    Pages 21-63
  5. Inflow Conditions to Wind Turbines

    • A. P. Schaffarczyk
    Pages 65-73
  6. Momentum Theories

    • A. P. Schaffarczyk
    Pages 75-97
  7. Application of Vortex Theory

    • A. P. Schaffarczyk
    Pages 99-119
  8. Application of Computational Fluid Mechanics

    • A. P. Schaffarczyk
    Pages 121-157
  9. Experiments

    • A. P. Schaffarczyk
    Pages 159-184
  10. Impact of Aerodynamics on Blade Design

    • A. P. Schaffarczyk
    Pages 185-198
  11. Concluding Remarks on Further Developments

    • A. P. Schaffarczyk
    Pages 199-202
  12. Back Matter

    Pages 203-265

About this book

Wind-Turbine Aerodynamics is a self-contained textbook which shows how to come from the basics of fluid mechanics to modern wind turbine blade design. It presents a fundamentals of fluid dynamics and inflow conditions, and gives a extensive introduction into theories describing the aerodynamics of wind turbines. After introducing experiments the book applies the knowledge to explore the impact on blade design.The book is an introduction for professionals and students of very varying levels.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Applied Sciences, Kiel, Germany

    A. P. Schaffarczyk

About the author

Alois Schaffarczyk obtained his PhD in Statistical Physics from the University of Göttigen, Germany. Prior to this he spent six years in industry solving practical problems in fluid mechanics. He joined UAS Kiel in 1992 and in 1997 began his career in the wind turbine community, specializing in CFD, experiments and blade design. Professor Schaffarczyk attends many conferences in this field  and has lectured on the subject in China, Morocco and Norway. He was a participant at some of the highly respected IEAwind annexes and held the function of sub-task manager at MexNext.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Introduction to Wind Turbine Aerodynamics

  • Authors: A. P. Schaffarczyk

  • Series Title: Green Energy and Technology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36409-9

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Energy, Energy (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-51282-1Published: 17 September 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-36409-9Published: 21 June 2014

  • Series ISSN: 1865-3529

  • Series E-ISSN: 1865-3537

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXII, 265

  • Number of Illustrations: 97 b/w illustrations, 136 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Renewable and Green Energy, Engineering Fluid Dynamics, Machinery and Machine Elements

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eBook USD 109.00
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