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Openfoam for Wind Energy Engineering: How to use the Open-Source Toolbox for Wind Energy-Related CFD Simulations
How to use the Open Source CFD-Toolbox in Wind Energy Applications
Authors: Stoevesandt Bernhard, Schmidt Jonas, Kassem Hassan, Schramm Matthias, Dose Bastian, Rahimi Hamid
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Introduction to OpenFOAM in Wind Energy: How to Use the Open-Source Toolbox for Wind Energy-Related CFD Simulations is a concise, approachable and clear guide for wind engineers and students facing a steep learning curve in using this powerful yet complex software. The book addresses the specific problems and challenges users encounter when using OpenFOAM for wind energy applications and provides solutions, or approaches to solutions, depending on the problem.
This book is an essential introduction to an important, yet complex open-source tool, written specifically to meet the information needs of wind industry professionals, researchers and graduate students studying wind energy.
- Addresses the specific challenges users encounter when using OpenFOAM for wind energy applications
- Goes into detail on topics crucial for wind engineers using OpenFOAM that aren?t covered in general OpenFOAM manuals, such as turbulence models in thick airfoil simulations and simulation of rotating turbines
- Includes downloadable code so users can quickly get started when using OpenFOAM for wind energy applications for the first time
2. Getting started with OpenFOAM
3. Programming OpenFOAM
4. Meshes for Aerodynamics
5. 2D-Airfoil Simulations
6. 3D-Blade
7. Fluid-Structure-Interaction
8. Adjoint Optimization
9. Meshing for Site Assessment
10. Steady State Site Simulations
11. Wind turbine models in CFD
12. Unsteady atmospheric inflow
13. Wind Farm Optimization
14. Other Applications in Wind Energy
15. Outlook