Bibliothèque de L'IMIST/CNRST

Introduction -- Types of Wind Turbines -- Basic Fluid Dynamics -- Inflow Conditions for Wind Turbines -- Momentum Theories -- Application of Vortex Theories -- Application of Computational Fluid Mechanics -- Experiments -- Impact of Aerodynamics on Blade Design -- Concluding Remarks on Further Developments.

Wind-Turbine Aerodynamics is a self-contained textbook which shows how to come from the basics of fluid mechanics to modern wind turbine blade design. It presents a fundamentals of fluid dynamics and inflow conditions, and gives a extensive introduction into theories describing the aerodynamics of wind turbines. After introducing experiments the book applies the knowledge to explore the impact on blade design.The book is an introduction for professionals and students of very varying levels.