Wind and Structures

Volume 27, Number 3, 2018, pages 187-197

DOI: 10.12989/was.2018.27.3.187

Analysis of aerodynamic characteristics of 2 MW horizontal axis large wind turbine

Akin Ilhan, Mehmet Bilgili and Besir Sahin

Abstract

In this study, aerodynamic characteristics of a horizontal axis wind turbine (HAWT) were evaluated and discussed in terms of measured data in existing onshore wind farm. Five wind turbines (T1, T2, T3, T4 and T5) were selected, and hub-height wind speed, UD, wind turbine power output, P and turbine rotational speed,

Key Words

aerodynamic problem; structural dynamic analysis; wind energy; wind loads; wind velocity; wind-structure interaction

Address

Akin Ilhan and Besir Sahin: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Cukurova University, 01330 Adana, Turkey Mehmet Bilgili: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Ceyhan Engineering, Cukurova University, 01950 Adana, Turkey