This article reviews the current state of wind energy aerodynamics and finite element simulation, focusing on turbine blade design and optimization.
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) provides an overview of aerodynamic simulation of wind turbines using finite element methods, including computational fluid dynamics (CFD).
This study presents a finite element analysis of wind turbine blades to improve aerodynamics and reduce material costs, published in the Journal of Engineering.
This video tutorial demonstrates how to simulate wind turbine aerodynamics using OpenFOAM, an open-source finite element software package.
This journal article explores the use of finite element simulation and artificial intelligence to optimize wind turbine aerodynamics, published in the Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics.
This conference paper presents a finite element simulation of wind turbine aerodynamics to improve efficiency and reduce energy costs, published in the IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy.
ANSYS provides a range of software tools for wind energy aerodynamics and finite element simulation, including ANSYS Fluent and ANSYS Mechanical.
This online course, offered by the University of Michigan, provides an introduction to wind energy aerodynamics and finite element simulation, covering topics such as turbine design and optimization.