Preface Key to Symbols Chapter 1 Overview of wind engineering * Introduction * Wind Turbine Airfoil Design Theory * Aerodynamic Shape Design of Blade * Composite Material Structural Design of Blade * Aero-elastic Study of Wind Turbine Blade Chapter 2 Aerodynamic Characteristic of Wind Turbine Airfoils * Introduction * Basic Theory of Wind Turbine Airfoils * Aerodynamic Characteristic of Airfoils * Stall Properties of Airfoils * Roughness Properties of Airfoils * Influence Between Geometry Parameter and Aerodynamic Characteristic * Influence Between Roughness and Aerodynamic Characteristic * Influence Between Reynolds Number and Aerodynamic Characteristic * Method of Predicting Airfoil Aerodynamic Performance Chapter 3 Integral Theory of Wind Turbine Airfoils * Introduction * Transformed Theory of Airfoil Profiles * Integral Expression of Airfoils Profiles * Airfoil Profiles Analysis Using Integral Expression * Widely Used Properties for Airfoil Integral Profiles * Control Equation of Shape Function * Parametric Integral Convergence Characteristic of Airfoils Chapter 4 Parametric Design Theory of Wind Turbine Airfoil Profiles * Introduction * Demand of Wind Turbine Airfoil Design * Single Objective Optimization Design of Airfoil Profiles * Multi-objective Optimization Design of Airfoil Profiles * Optimal Design for Airfoils with Medium Thickness * Design of Wind Turbine Airfoils Based on Noise Theory * Design of Wind Turbine Airfoils Based on Maximum Power Coefficient * Improvement of Airfoil Design Using Smooth Curvature Technique * Design of Wind Turbine Airfoil Series with High Aerodynamic Performance * Conclusion Chapter 5 Wind Tunnel Test of New Wind Turbine Airfoils * Introduction * Model Design and Manufacture of New Airfoils * Experimental Equipment and Method * The Results of Wind Tunnel Experiments * Conclusion Chapter 6 Aerodynamic Theory of Wind Turbine Blade * Introduction * Aerodynamic Theory of Wind Turbine Blade * Blade Tip Corrected Model of Wind Rotor * Aerodynamic Theory Based on Shen''s Tip Loss Corrected Model * Validation of Corrected Model Using Experimental Data * Conclusion Chapter 7 Integral Expression of Wind Turbine Blade Shape * Introduction * Integral Method for 3D Blade Surface Shape * Integral Model of ART-2B Blade * Conclusion Chapter 8 Shape Optimization Design of Wind Turbine Blade * Introduction * Sensitivity Analysis of Key Parameters for Wind Turbine * Optimization Model Based on Total Cost of Energy * Optimization Design for A 2-MW Wind Turbine Blade * Conclusion Chapter 9 Structural Optimal Design of Composite Material Wind Turbine Blade * Introduction * Mechanics Theory of Composite Material * Structural Design of Composite Material Wind Turbine Blade * Parametric Finite Element Model of Wind Turbine Blade * A New Fluid Structure Interaction Method for Composite Material Blade * Optimal Results of Composite Material Blade * Conclusion Chapter 10 Aerodynamic/Eero-elastic Analysis for Wind Turbine Blade * Introduction * Dynamic Structural Model * Coordinate Transform * Wind Load Model * Validation of Aerodynamic/Aero-elastic Code * Example Analysis * Conclusion Chapter 11 Aero-elastic Stable Analysis for Wind Turbine Blade Section * Introduction * Static Aero-elastic Analysis of Wind Turbine Blade Section * Problem of Classic Flutter of Wind Turbine Blade * Problem of Dynamic Stall Aero-elasticity of Wind Turbine Blade * Conclusion Reference Acknowledgements Index.
Wind Turbine Airfoils and Blades : Optimization Design Theory