General Introduction To Wind Turbines – Aerodynamics – Aerodynamics – Momentum Theory For An Ideal Wind Turbine – Shrouded Rotors – The Classical Blade Element Momentum Method – Control/Regulation And Safety Systems – Optimization – Unsteady Bem Method – Introduction To Loads And Structures – Beam Theory For The Wind Turbine Blade – Dynamic Structural Model Of A Wind Turbine – Sources Of Loads On A Wind Turbine – Wind Simulation – Fatigue – Final Remarks – Appendix A: Basic Equations In Fluid Mechanics – Appendix B: Symbols – List Of Figures And Tables – Horizontal-Axis Wind Turbine (Hawt) – Machine Layout – Schematic View Of Streamlines Past An Airfoil – Definition Of Lift And Drag – Explanation Of The Generation Of Lift – Polar For The Fx-K- Airfoil – Different Stall Behaviour – Computed Streamlines For Angles Of Attack Of ° And ° – Viscous Boundary Layer At The Wall Of An Airfoil – Schematic View Of The Shape Of The Boundary Layer For A – Favourable And An Adverse Pressure Gradient – Schematic View Of The Transitional Process – Streamlines Flowing Over And Under A Wing – Velocity Vectors Seen From Behind A Wing – A Simplified Model Of The Vortex System On A Wing – More Realistic Vortex System On A Wing – Induced Velocity From A Vortex Line Of Strength Γ – The Effective Angle Of Attack For A Section In A Wing And – The Resulting Force R, Lift L And Induced Drag Di – Computed Limiting Streamlines On A Stall Regulated Wind – Turbine Blade At A Moderately High Wind Speed – Rotor Of A Three-Bladed Wind Turbine With Rotor Radius R .
