The laminar boundary layer on a rotating wind turbine blade

DUMITRESCU Horia, CARDOŞ Vladimir, DUMITRACHE Alexandru, FRUNZULICĂ Florin
2010 INCAS Bulletin  
The present paper describes a method to calculate velocity profiles in the boundary layer of rotating blade. A differential approach is used to solve the laminar boundary layer equations. The effects of tip speed ratio, dimensionless radial position r/R and angle of attack have been analyzed. The test airfoils used in the simulations are NACA 63-215 and S809. The resulting velocity profiles in the chordwise and spanwise directions are mapped and stored in a Database according to the boundary layer parameters.
doi:10.13111/2066-8201.2010.2.2.6 fatcat:5njzarj7ubaw3ofc4qphde6omm