CFD for Wind and Tidal Offshore Turbines

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Ferrer, Esteban (Editor), Montlaur, Adeline (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Springer Tracts in Mechanical Engineering,
• Subjects: Energy.; Renewable energy resources.; Fluid mechanics.; Machinery.; Renewable energy sources.; Alternate energy sources.; Green energy industries.; Renewable and Green Energy.; Engineering Fluid Dynamics.; Machinery and Machine Elements.

The book encompasses novel CFD techniques to compute offshore wind and tidal applications. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) techniques are regarded as the main design tool to explore the new engineering challenges presented by offshore wind and tidal turbines for energy generation. The difficulty...