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DES vs RANS: The flatback airfoil case
Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Volume: 1618, Start page: 052062
Swansea University Author: Marinos Manolesos
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DOI (Published version): 10.1088/1742-6596/1618/5/052062
Abstract
Using flatback airfoils at the root of wind turbine (WT) blades is becoming more popular as the WTs increase in size. The reason is that they provide significant aerodynamic, aeroelastic and structural benefits. However, due to the blunt trailing edge (TE), the wake of such airfoils is highly unstea...
| Published in: | Journal of Physics: Conference Series |
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| ISSN: | 1742-6588 1742-6596 |
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IOP Publishing
2020
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55485 |
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Using flatback airfoils at the root of wind turbine (WT) blades is becoming more popular as the WTs increase in size. The reason is that they provide significant aerodynamic, aeroelastic and structural benefits. However, due to the blunt trailing edge (TE), the wake of such airfoils is highly unsteady and rich in three-dimensional vortical structures. This poses significant challenges on the numerical simulation of the flow around them, given the highly unsteady, three-dimensional turbulent character of their wake. In this work, computational predictions for a flatback airfoil employing both RANS and DES approaches on three successively refined grids up to 25 million cells are compared with available experimental data. Results suggest that even though URANS and DDES are in good agreement in terms of lift and drag, RANS simulations fail to accurately capture the turbulent wake unsteady characteristics. |
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