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Airfoil Shape Optimization of a Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine Blade using a Discrete Adjoint Solver [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Applied Fluid Mechanics, 2023
In this study, airfoil shape optimization of a wind turbine blade is performed using the ANSYS Fluent Adjoint Solver. The aim of this optimization process is to increase the wind turbine output power, and the objective function is to maximize the airfoil
A. Boudis   +3 more
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Calculation and analysis of aerodynamic characteristics for airfoils immersed in two-dimensional jet flow

open access: yesXibei Gongye Daxue Xuebao, 2022
In order to study the aerodynamic interaction of the airfoil and jet flow, the free streamline model and the panel method are combined to establish a calculation method for the aerodynamic characteristics of the airfoil in a two-dimensional inviscid jet ...
LI Xu, ZHOU Zhou, GUO Jiahao, XUE Chen
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Center Body Airfoil Design for Blended Wing Body Configuration [PDF]

open access: yesXibei Gongye Daxue Xuebao, 2018
To design the center-body airfoil of a blended wing body configuration, the aerodynamic effects of the symmetrical airfoil, trailing-edge reflexed airfoil, leading-edge loaded airfoil and leading-edge loaded plus trailing-edge reflexed airfoil are ...

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Power Generation Enhancement of Horizontal Axis Wind Turbines Using Bioinspired Airfoils: A CFD Study

open access: yesMachines, 2023
This research investigates the performance implications of employing a bioinspired airfoil (seagull’s wing cross-section) in horizontal-axis wind turbines.
Hamid R. Kaviani, Mohammad Moshfeghi
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Parametric Study on Thermo-Hydraulic Performance of NACA Airfoil Fin PCHEs Channels

open access: yesEnergies, 2022
In this work, a discontinuous airfoil fin printed circuit heat exchanger (PCHE) was used as a recuperator in a micro gas turbine system. The effects of the airfoil fin geometry parameters (arc height, maximum arc height position, and airfoil thickness ...
Wei Wang   +5 more
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A Film-Cooling CFD Bibliography: 1971–1996

open access: yesInternational Journal of Rotating Machinery, 1998
After more than 25 years of three-dimensional film cooling experimental investigations, analytical correlations and modeling, film cooling utilizing computational fluid dynamics has emerged from a similar development-applications growth process into a ...
D. M. Kercher
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Numerical Simulation of Flow over Bionic Airfoil

open access: yesInternational Journal of Aerospace Engineering, 2021
In this study, the aerodynamic performance of bionic airfoil was numerically studied by CFD method. The bionic airfoil was represented by the combination of airfoil and a small trailing edge flap.
Lishu Hao   +3 more
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Multi-Objective Optimization of a Small Horizontal-Axis Wind Turbine Blade for Generating the Maximum Startup Torque at Low Wind Speeds

open access: yesMachines, 2022
Generating a high startup torque is a critical factor for the application of small wind turbines in regions with low wind speed. In the present study, the blades of a small wind turbine were designed and optimized to maximize the output power and startup
Vahid Akbari   +4 more
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Numerical simulation of icing characteristics and aerodynamic performance degradation of airfoils under different incoming flow conditions

open access: yesZhongguo Jianchuan Yanjiu, 2023
Objective This paper aims to study the effects of the freezing phenomenon of supercooled water droplets in intake air on the aerodynamic performance of a marine power intake system under cold marine environment conditions.
Lei PENG   +3 more
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Integral Airfoil Generation of Multi-rotor Aircraft Based on Optimization of Upper Wing Contour and CFD Simulation [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Applied Fluid Mechanics
Regarding the airfoil optimization design of multi-rotor unmanned aerial vehicles, this paper proposes an integral airfoil design method based on upper airfoil contour optimization. Firstly, by designing concave descent input curves with 0-1 distribution,
Z. Wang   +4 more
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