Aerodynamics of Wind Turbines

By Martin O. L. Hansen
Hardcover, 144 pages, 2000. James & James, publisher.

Designed for a course at the Technical University of Denmark, this small text is tightly focused on how the wind meets the turbines. The theories and equations discussed in the text are at the core of analyzing turbine performance at varying wind speeds, assessing how the turbines will hold in extreme wind conditions, and how long the machines will last. The Blade Element Momentum (BEM) method is also discussed. This text is high-level and aimed at engineering graduate students and professionals with knowledge of structural and fluid mechanics. <
Chapters:

1. General introduction to wind turbines
2. Introduction to wind turbine aerodynamics
3. Two-dimensional aerodynamics
4. Three-dimensional aerodynamics
5. The vortex system of wind turbine
6. One-dimensional momentum theory or ideal wind turbine
7. Shrouded rotors
8. The blade element momentum method
9. Annual energy production
10. Example
11. Control/regulation and safety systems 12. Optimization 13. Limitations of BEM
14. Introduction to loads and structures
15. The main loads on a horizontal-axis wind turbine
16. Sturcutures of a wind turbine blade
17. Beam theory for a wind turbine blade
18. An easy way to determine the eigenmodes
19. Sources for Loads on a wind turbine
20. Fatigue

(with an appendix of equations for basic fluid mechanics)