Output of a tidal farm in yawed flow and varying turbulence using GAD-CFD

Badoe, Charles; Li, Xiaorong; Williams, Alison; Masters, Ian

doi:10.1016/j.oceaneng.2024.116736

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Output of a tidal farm in yawed flow and varying turbulence using GAD-CFD

Charles Badoe, Xiaorong Li, Alison Williams

, Ian Masters

Ocean Engineering, Volume: 294, Start page: 116736

Swansea University Authors: Charles Badoe, Xiaorong Li, Alison Williams , Ian Masters

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Tidal stream turbine arrays will be subject to a range of flow conditions throughout the tidal cycle and it is important for developers to have an understanding of the impact of these on array performance when planning site design. A generalised actuator disk-computational fluid dynamics (GAD-CFD) m...

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Output of a tidal farm in yawed flow and varying turbulence using GAD-CFD

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