Actuator line aerodynamics model with spectral elements

Yulia Peet, Paul Fischer, Guenter Conzelmann, Veerabhadra Kotamarthi

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingConference contribution

18 Scopus citations

Abstract

Actuator line aerodynamics (AL) model is becoming increasingly popular for characterization of the flow field and the turbulent wakes created by the rotated turbines. AL model does not require boundary layer resolution and is thus significantly more efficient than the fully-resolved computations. Potential of this model to be applied to the simulation of really large wind plants creates the need of exploring its applicability and performance with highly-scalable computation codes. In this paper, we present the details of implementation and validation of the actuator line aerodynamics model in a high-order spectral-element code which is known to scale efficiently to hundreds of thousands of processors.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication51st AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition 2013
PublisherAmerican Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc.
ISBN (Print)9781624101816
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013
Event51st AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition 2013 - Grapevine, TX, United States
Duration: Jan 7 2013Jan 10 2013

Publication series

Name51st AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition 2013

Other

Other51st AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition 2013
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityGrapevine, TX
Period1/7/131/10/13

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Space and Planetary Science
  • Aerospace Engineering

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