Wind Turbine Airfoils and Blades

Jin Chen, Chongqing University, Chongqi, China; Quan Wang, Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan, China.

• PrefaceKey to SymbolsChapter 1 Overview of wind engineering• Introduction• Wind Turbine Airfoil Design Theory• Aerodynamic Shape Design of Blade• Composite Material Structural Design of Blade• Aero-elastic Study of Wind Turbine BladeChapter 2 Aerodynamic Characteristic of Wind Turbine Airfoils • Introduction• Basic Theory of Wind Turbine Airfoils• Aerodynamic Characteristic of Airfoils• Stall Properties of Airfoils • Roughness Properties of Airfoils • Influence Between Geometry Parameter and Aerodynamic Characteristic• Influence Between Roughness and Aerodynamic Characteristic• Influence Between Reynolds Number and Aerodynamic Characteristic• Method of Predicting Airfoil Aerodynamic Performance Chapter 3 Integral Theory of Wind Turbine Airfoils• Introduction• Transformed Theory of Airfoil Profiles• Integral Expression of Airfoils Profiles• Airfoil Profiles Analysis Using Integral Expression• Widely Used Properties for Airfoil Integral Profiles • Control Equation of Shape Function• Parametric Integral Convergence Characteristic of Airfoils Chapter 4 Parametric Design Theory of Wind Turbine Airfoil Profiles• Introduction• Demand of Wind Turbine Airfoil Design• Single Objective Optimization Design of Airfoil Profiles• Multi-objective Optimization Design of Airfoil Profiles• Optimal Design for Airfoils with Medium Thickness• Design of Wind Turbine Airfoils Based on Noise Theory• Design of Wind Turbine Airfoils Based on Maximum Power Coefficient• Improvement of Airfoil Design Using Smooth Curvature Technique• Design of Wind Turbine Airfoil Series with High Aerodynamic Performance• Conclusion Chapter 5 Wind Tunnel Test of New Wind Turbine Airfoils• Introduction• Model Design and Manufacture of New Airfoils• Experimental Equipment and Method• The Results of Wind Tunnel Experiments• Conclusion Chapter 6 Aerodynamic Theory of Wind Turbine Blade• Introduction• Aerodynamic Theory of Wind Turbine Blade• Blade Tip Corrected Model of Wind Rotor• Aerodynamic Theory Based on Shen’s Tip Loss Corrected Model• Validation of Corrected Model Using Experimental Data • Conclusion Chapter 7 Integral Expression of Wind Turbine Blade Shape • Introduction• Integral Method for 3D Blade Surface Shape• Integral Model of ART-2B Blade• ConclusionChapter 8 Shape Optimization Design of Wind Turbine Blade• Introduction• Sensitivity Analysis of Key Parameters for Wind Turbine• Optimization Model Based on Total Cost of Energy• Optimization Design for A 2-MW Wind Turbine Blade• ConclusionChapter 9 Structural Optimal Design of Composite Material Wind Turbine Blade • Introduction• Mechanics Theory of Composite Material• Structural Design of Composite Material Wind Turbine Blade• Parametric Finite Element Model of Wind Turbine Blade• A New Fluid Structure Interaction Method for Composite Material Blade• Optimal Results of Composite Material Blade • ConclusionChapter 10 Aerodynamic/Eero-elastic Analysis for Wind Turbine Blade• Introduction• Dynamic Structural Model• Coordinate Transform• Wind Load Model• Validation of Aerodynamic/Aero-elastic Code• Example Analysis• ConclusionChapter 11 Aero-elastic Stable Analysis for Wind Turbine Blade Section• Introduction• Static Aero-elastic Analysis of Wind Turbine Blade Section• Problem of Classic Flutter of Wind Turbine Blade• Problem of Dynamic Stall Aero-elasticity of Wind Turbine Blade• ConclusionReferenceAcknowledgementsIndex