TY - GEN
T1 - Blade-element/momentum theory
AU - Sørensen, Jens Nørkær
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - Although there exists a large variety of methods for predicting performance and loadings of wind turbines, the only approach used today by wind turbine manufacturers is based on the blade-element/momentum (BEM) theory by Glauert (Aerodynamic theory. Springer, Berlin, pp. 169-360, 1935). A basic assumption in the BEM theory is that the flow takes place in independent stream tubes and that the loading is determined from two-dimensional sectional airfoil characteristics.
AB - Although there exists a large variety of methods for predicting performance and loadings of wind turbines, the only approach used today by wind turbine manufacturers is based on the blade-element/momentum (BEM) theory by Glauert (Aerodynamic theory. Springer, Berlin, pp. 169-360, 1935). A basic assumption in the BEM theory is that the flow takes place in independent stream tubes and that the loading is determined from two-dimensional sectional airfoil characteristics.
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-22114-4_7
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-22114-4_7
M3 - Article in proceedings
SN - 978-3-319-22113-7
VL - 4
T3 - Research Topics in Wind Energy
SP - 99
EP - 121
BT - General Momentum Theory for Horizontal Axis Wind Turbines
PB - Springer
ER -