Title
Wind Tunnel Rotor Measurements
Author
Boorsma, K.
Publication year
2022
Abstract
To investigate the effects of rotation without the complicating effect of unknown stochastic inflow, wind tunnels have been used for 3D rotating measurements despite their size limitations. Several examples of past experiments and their lessons learned are given, illustrating the challenges with respect to scaling and measurement instrumentation. An outlook to the future is given anticipating on the further development of instrumentation to quantify aerodynamic loads and flow on smaller scales. Developments to reproduce more realistic inflow conditions in a controlled way are expected to further close the gap between wind tunnel and field measurements. To further drive down the costs of wind energy there is a large need to perform aero-elastic and high Reynolds number testing in a controlled rotating environment. (C) Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022.
Subject
Measurements
Rotor aerodynamics
Wind tunnels
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-31307-4_30
TNO identifier
985920
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
ISBN
9783030313074 ; 9783030313067
Source
Handbook of Wind Energy Aerodynamics: With 678 Figures and 33 Tables, 659-685
Document type
bookPart