Long-term research challenges in wind energy : a research agenda by the European Academy of Wind Energy /: a research agenda by the European Academy of Wind Energy. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Gijs van Kuik, Joachim Peinke, editors.
• Editors: Kuik, Gijs van; Peinke, J (Joachim), 1956-
• Other Names: European Academy of Wind Energy.
• Contents: Preface; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Materials and Structures; 1.1 How Will Multi-scale Modelling Improve Materials and Structures?; 1.1.1 Missing Links in Current Damage and Failure Process Predictions?; 1.1.2 Multi-scale Experimental Observations?; 1.1.3 Linking (Microscopic) Damage State with Macroscopic Observations into Health-Based Strategies; 1.2 How Can New Materials Be Developed?; 1.2.1 Materials Science; 1.2.2 From Material to Application; 1.3 How Do Joints Really Work?; 1.3.1 Connections; Wind and Turbulence. 2.1 How Should We Characterise the Dynamical Inflow Conditions?2.1.1 Parameters for Wind Turbulence; 2.1.2 Pattern of Wind; 2.1.3 Orographic Dependences; 2.2 What Is the Importance of Open Questions on Turbulence?; 2.2.1 Small-Scale Turbulence; 2.2.2 Structures Within a Turbulence Situation; 2.2.3 Turbulence Validation; 2.3 How Can One Model Wind, as an Energy Resource, in Space and Time?; 2.3.1 Forecasting Weather and Climate; 2.3.2 Limits of Predictability; Aerodynamics. 3.1 Is the Acceleration of CFD Codes the Main Challenge, or Do We Still Have Physical Problems to Solve in Rotor Analysis?3.1.1 Improvement of Simplified and Low-Fidelity Models; 3.1.2 Hybrid Models and Eulerian-Lagrangian Formulation; 3.1.3 Uncertainty Quantification; 3.1.4 Experimental Simulation and Model Validation; 3.1.5 Unsteady Fluid-Structure-Control Interaction; 3.2 How Can the Aerofoil Concept Be Extended Towards an Unsteady Three-Dimensional Flow?; 3.2.1 Flow Separation and 3D Stall; 3.2.2 Roughness, Transition and Turbulence; 3.2.3 Flow Control Devices and 3-D Unsteady Flow. 3.2.4 Aerofoil Aeroacoustics; 3.3 How Do Wake and Wake-Wake Interaction Effects Depend on Near-Wake and Blade Flow Details?; 3.3.1 Interaction of the Wind Turbine Wake with the Atmospheric Boundary Layer; 3.3.2 Near- to Far-Wake Transition; 3.3.3 Wake-Wake Interaction; 3.4 Do New and Adapted Aerodynamic Concepts Require New Knowledge?; 3.4.1 Unsteady 3D Actuator Surface; 3.4.2 Blade-Vortex Interaction; Control; 4.1 To What Extent Can Modern Control Theory and Technology Tame the Wind?; 4.1.1 Novel Sensor Technologies; 4.1.2 Distributed Actuation; 4.1.3 Floating Structures. 4.1.4 Controller Synthesis; 4.2 How Should We Operate a Wind Plant?; 4.2.1 Control-Oriented Modelling; 4.2.2 Controller Synthesis; 4.2.3 Experimental Validation; Electromechanical Conversion; 5.1 What Are the Physical Limitations and Is It Possible to Shift or Avoid Them?; 5.1.1 Mechanical Conversion Systems-Gearboxes; 5.1.2 Electromechanical Conversion-Generators; 5.1.3 Electrical Conversion-Power Electronics; 5.2 What Are the Failure Mechanisms and Is It Possible to Avoid or Mitigate Them?; 5.2.1 Mechanical Conversion Systems-Gearboxes; 5.2.2 Electromechanical Conversion-Generators.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource, color illustrations
• Subjects: 621.45; Energy; Wind power -- Research -- Europe; Renewable energy sources; Mechanical engineering; International relations; Wind power -- Research; Technology & Engineering -- Power Resources -- General; Technology & Engineering -- Mechanical; Political Science -- International Relations -- General; Energy technology & engineering; Mechanical engineering; International relations; Science -- Energy; Alternative & renewable energy sources & technology; Energy; Renewable and Green Energy; Physics of Energy Technology; Mechanical Engineering; International Relations; Europe; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319469195; 3319469193
• Related ISBNs: 9783319469188; 3319469185
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed October 3, 2016).
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