Wind energy: proceedings of the Euromech colloquium

Front Matter....Pages I-XXXI
Offshore Wind Power Meteorology....Pages 1-6
Wave Loads on Wind-Power Plants in Deep and Shallow Water....Pages 7-13
Time Domain Comparison of Simulated and Measured Wind Turbine Loads Using Constrained Wind Fields....Pages 15-20
Mean Wind and Turbulence in the Atmospheric Boundary Layer Above the Surface Layer....Pages 21-25
Wind Speed Profiles above the North Sea....Pages 27-31
Fundamental Aspects of Fluid Flow over Complex Terrain for Wind Energy Applications....Pages 33-38
Models for Computer Simulation of Wind Flow over Sparsely Forested Regions....Pages 39-42
Power Performance via Nacelle Anemometry on Complex Terrain....Pages 43-47
Pollutant Dispersion in Flow Around Bluff-Bodies Arrangement....Pages 49-53
On the Atmospheric Flow Modelling over Complex Relief....Pages 55-59
Comparison of Logarithmic Wind Profiles and Power Law Wind Profiles and their Applicability for Offshore Wind Profiles....Pages 61-64
Turbulence Modelling and Numerical Flow Simulation of Turbulent Flows....Pages 65-71
Gusts in Intermittent Wind Turbulence and the Dynamics of their Recurrent Times....Pages 73-79
Report on the Research Project OWID – Offshore Wind Design Parameter....Pages 81-85
Simulation of Turbulence, Gusts and Wakes for Load Calculations....Pages 87-92
Short Time Prediction of Wind Speeds from Local Measurements....Pages 93-98
Wind Extremes and Scales: Multifractal Insights and Empirical Evidence....Pages 99-104
Boundary-Layer Influence on Extreme Events in Stratified Flows over Orography....Pages 105-109
The Statistical Distribution of Turbulence Driven Velocity Extremes in the Atmospheric Boundary Layer – Cartwright/Longuest-Higgins Revised....Pages 111-114
Superposition Model for Atmospheric Turbulence....Pages 115-118
Extreme Events Under Low-Frequency Wind Speed Variability and Wind Energy Generation....Pages 119-122
Stochastic Small-Scale Modelling of Turbulent Wind Time Series....Pages 123-127
Quantitative Estimation of Drift and Diffusion Functions from Time Series Data....Pages 129-133
Scaling Turbulent Atmospheric Stratification: A Turbulence/Wave Wind Model....Pages 135-138
Wind Farm Power Fluctuations....Pages 139-145
Network Perspective of Wind-Power Production....Pages 147-152
Phenomenological Response Theory to Predict Power Output....Pages 153-158
Turbulence Correction for Power Curves....Pages 159-162
Online Modeling of Wind Farm Power for Performance Surveillance and Optimization....Pages 163-166
Uncertainty of Wind Energy Estimation....Pages 167-171
Characterisation of the Power Curve for Wind Turbines by Stochastic Modelling....Pages 173-177
Handling Systems Driven by Different Noise Sources: Implications for Power Curve Estimations....Pages 179-182
Experimental Researches of Characteristics of Windrotor Models with Vertical Axis of Rotation....Pages 183-186
Methodical Failure Detection in Grid Connected Wind Parks....Pages 187-190
Modelling of the Transition Locations on a 30% thick Airfoil with Surface Roughness....Pages 191-197
Helicopter Aerodynamics with Emphasis Placed on Dynamic Stall....Pages 199-204
Determination of Angle of Attack (AOA) for Rotating Blades....Pages 205-209
Unsteady Characteristics of Flow Around an Airfoil at High Angles of Attack and Low Reynolds Numbers....Pages 211-214
Aerodynamic Multi-Criteria Shape Optimization of VAWT Blade Profile by Viscous Approach....Pages 215-219
Rotation and Turbulence Effects on a HAWT Blade Airfoil Aerodynamics....Pages 221-226
3D Numerical Simulation and Evaluation of the Air Flow Through Wind Turbine Rotors with Focus on the Hub Area....Pages 227-230
Performance of the Risø-B1 Airfoil Family for Wind Turbines....Pages 231-234
Aerodynamic Behaviour of a New Type of Slow-Running VAWT....Pages 235-240
Numerical Simulation of Dynamic Stall using Spectral/hp Method....Pages 241-244
Modeling of the Far Wake behind a Wind Turbine....Pages 245-248
Stability of the Tip Vortices in the Far Wake behind a Wind Turbine....Pages 249-252
Modelling Turbulence Intensities Inside Wind Farms....Pages 253-257
Numerical Computations of Wind Turbine Wakes....Pages 259-263
Modelling Wind Turbine Wakes with a Porosity Concept....Pages 265-269
Prediction of Wind Turbine Noise Generation and Propagation based on an Acoustic Analogy....Pages 271-274
Comparing WAsP and Fluent for Highly Complex Terrain Wind Prediction....Pages 275-279
Fatigue Assessment of Truss Joints Based on Local Approaches....Pages 281-286
Advances in Offshore Wind Technology....Pages 287-292
Benefits of Fatigue Assessment with Local Concepts....Pages 293-296
Extension of Life Time of Welded Fatigue Loaded Structures....Pages 297-300
Damage Detection on Structures of Offshore Wind Turbines using Multiparameter Eigenvalues....Pages 301-304
Influence of the Type and Size of Wind Turbines on Anti-Icing Thermal Power Requirements for Blades....Pages 305-308
High-cycle Fatigue of “Ultra-High Performance Concrete” and “Grouted Joints” for Offshore Wind Energy Turbines....Pages 309-312
A Modular Concept for Integrated Modeling of Offshore WEC Applied to Wave-Structure Coupling....Pages 313-317
Solutions of Details Regarding Fatigue and the Use of High-Strength Steels for Towers of Offshore Wind Energy Converters....Pages 319-324
On the Influence of Low-Level Jets on Energy Production and Loading of Wind Turbines....Pages 325-328
Reliability of Wind Turbines....Pages 329-332