ABSTRACT

Aerodynamics of Wind Turbines is the established essential text for the fundamental solutions to efficient wind turbine design. Now in its second edition, it has been entirely updated and substantially extended to reflect advances in technology, research into rotor aerodynamics and the structural response of the wind turbine structure. Topics covered include increasing mass flow through the turbine, performance at low and high wind speeds, assessment of the extreme conditions under which the turbine will perform and the theory for calculating the lifetime of the turbine. The classical Blade Element Momentum method is also covered, as are eigenmodes and the dynamic behaviour of a turbine. The new material includes a description of the effects of the dynamics and how this can be modelled in anaeroelastic code which is widely used in the design and verification of modern wind turbines. Further, the description of how to calculate the vibration of the whole construction, as well as the time varying loads, has been substantially updated.

chapter 1|6 pages

General Introduction to Wind Turbines

chapter 22|11 pages

D Aerodynamics

chapter 33|9 pages

D Aerodynamics

chapter 41|14 pages

D Momentum Theory for an Ideal Wind Turbine

chapter 5|4 pages

Shrouded Rotors

chapter 7|15 pages

Control/Regulation and Safety Systems

chapter 8|7 pages

Optimization

chapter 9|18 pages

Unsteady BEM Method

chapter 10|4 pages

Introduction to Loads and Structures

chapter 11|18 pages

Beam Theory for the Wind Turbine Blade

chapter 12|14 pages

Dynamic Structural Model of a Wind Turbine

chapter 13|8 pages

Sources of Loads on a Wind Turbine

chapter 14|10 pages

Wind Simulation

chapter 15|5 pages

Fatigue

chapter 16|5 pages

Final Remarks