The Fluid Dynamic Basis for Actuator Disc and Rotor Theories Revised Second Edition

• Main Author: van Kuik, Gijs (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Delft TU Delft Open 2022
• Subjects: Technology, engineering, agriculture; actuator disc; history; wind turbine; propeller; conservative forces; non-conservative forces
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

The first rotor performance predictions were published by Joukowsky exactly 100 years ago. Although a century of research has expanded the knowledge of rotor aerodynamics enormously, and modern computer power and measurement techniques now enable detailed analyses that were previously out of reach,...