The Progress in Wind Turbine Wind Tunnel Test Technology and Research Works

XIAO Jing-ping; CHEN Li; WU Jie; DUAN Xue-feng

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XIAO Jing-ping, CHEN Li, WU Jie, DUAN Xue-feng. The Progress in Wind Turbine Wind Tunnel Test Technology and Research Works[J]. Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, 2013, 34(10): 1059-1072. doi: 10.3879/j.issn.1000-0887.2013.10.006

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The Progress in Wind Turbine Wind Tunnel Test Technology and Research Works

doi: 10.3879/j.issn.1000-0887.2013.10.006

¹State Key Laboratory of Aerodynamics, Mianyang,Sichuan 621000, P.R.China;²China Aerodynamics Research and Development Center, Mianyang, Sichuan 621000, P.R.China

Funds: The National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program)(2014CB046205)

Received Date: 2013-04-18
Rev Recd Date: 2013-09-19
Publish Date: 2013-10-15

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Based on the backgroud of UAE phase VI and MEXICO preoject as well as related research works in CARDC, the recent progress in wind turbine measurement technologies such as flow field and pressure distribution and aerodynamic load measurement technology was summarized. Some important research results have also been introduced, such as results of wind tunnel effct, determination of equivalent far-field free coming flow conditions for bladeelement, 3D rotation effect, dynamic inflow effect, the flow field structure and the induced effects, etc. the wind tunnel experimental research works and some ideas on large wind turbine of CARDC were also simply introduced.
- wind turbine,
- aerodynamics,
- wind tunnel test

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