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dc.contributor.authorAkay, Busra
dc.contributor.authorMicallef, Daniel
dc.contributor.authorSimao Ferreira, Carlos
dc.contributor.authorvan Bussel, Gerard
dc.date.accessioned2017-11-20T08:23:13Z
dc.date.available2017-11-20T08:23:13Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifier.citationAkay, B., Micallef, D., Simao Ferreira, C. J., & Van Bussel, G. J. W. (2014). Effects of geometry and tip speed ratio on the HAWT blade's root flow. In Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 555 (1), 1-14.en_GB
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/23985
dc.description.abstractIn this study, the effect of the parameters playing a role in the root flow behavior of HAWT are only partly understood. To better reveal the root flow properties, this study presents the progression of HAWT blade root flow at two different blade geometries and at two different tip speed ratios. The effects of the geometry and the tip speed ratio on the root flow behavior and on the evolution of the root flow features are investigated. This study aims to answer the following questions: (i) What are the effects of the blade geometry and tip speed ratio on the root flow behavior? (ii) How are the blade wake and the root vortex evolution affected by the change of these parameters? The analysis of the velocity fields shows that the radial flow behavior changes with different blade geometries but a remarkable difference in the radial flow behavior is not observed with the change of tip speed ratio. The formation of the wake is different at three test cases because of different loading that the blades are encountered. From the circulation distribution along the blades, while a strong root vortex can be observed in Blade 1, the bound vorticity along Blade 2 builds up gradually when moving outboard, and do not show a trace of a strong root vortex.en_GB
dc.language.isoenen_GB
dc.publisherIOP Publishing Ltd.en_GB
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_GB
dc.subjectHorizontal axis wind turbines -- Bladesen_GB
dc.subjectParticle image velocimetryen_GB
dc.subjectTurbine -- Bladesen_GB
dc.subjectAxial flowen_GB
dc.titleEffects of geometry and tip speed ratio on the HAWT blade's root flowen_GB
dc.typearticleen_GB
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dc.description.reviewedpeer-revieweden_GB
dc.identifier.doi10.1088/1742-6596/555/1/012002
dc.publication.titleJournal of Physics : Conference Seriesen_GB
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