Experimental detection of laminar-turbulent transition on a rotating wind turbine blade in the free atmosphere
Publication date
2017
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Research article
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Wind energy : an international journal for progress and applications in wind power conversion technology
Periodical volume
20
Periodical issue
2
First page
211
Last page
220
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Abstract
Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. This paper discusses the findings from a measurement campaign on a rotating wind turbine blade operating in the free atmosphere under realistic conditions. A total of 40 pressure sensors together with an array of 23 usable hot-film sensors (based on constant temperature anemometry) were used to study the behavior of the boundary layer within a specific zone on the suction side of a 30 m diameter wind turbine at different operational states. A set of several hundreds of data sequences were recorded. Some of them show that under certain circumstances, the flow may be regarded as not fully turbulent. Accompanying Computational Fluid Mechanics (CFD) simulations suggest the view that a classical transition scenario according to the growth of so-called Tollmien–Schlichting did not apply. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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Enthalten in: Wind energy. - Chichester : Wiley, 1998. - Online-Ressource . - Bd. 20.2017, 2, Seite 211-220
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