Short Course on Aerodynamic Blade Design
Steady-State Aerodynamics Codes for HAWTs:
Their Use in Blade Design and Related Issues
With An Emphasis on PROPID
Michael S. Selig, James L. Tangler, and Philippe Giguère
Created on 9/3/99
References / Wind Turbine Airfoils
- Airfoil Design and Data
- Tangler, J.L. and Somers, D.M., "NREL Airfoil Families for HAWTs,"
National Renewable Energy Report NREL/TP-442-7109, Golden, CO, 1995
(also published in the Proceedings of the Windpower '95
Conference).
- Selig, M.S., Donovan, J.F. and Fraser, D.B., "Airfoils At Low
Speeds," Soartech 8, SoarTech Publications, H.A. Stokely (ed.), 1504
N. Horseshoe Circle, Virginia Beach, VA 23451, 1989, 397 pages.
- Selig, M.S., Guglielmo, J.J., Broeren, A.P. and Giguère,
P., Summary of Low-Speed Airfoil Data, Vol. 1, SoarTech Publications,
H.A. Stokely (ed.), 1504 N. Horseshoe Circle, Virginia Beach, VA
23451, 1995, 292 pages.
- Selig, M.S., Lyon, C.A., Giguère, P., Ninham, C.P., and
Guglielmo, J.J., Summary of Low-Speed Airfoil Data, Vol. 2, SoarTech
Publications, H.A. Stokely (ed.), 1504 N. Horseshoe Circle, Virginia
Beach, VA 23451, 1996, 252 pages.
- Lyon, C.A., Broeren, A.P., Giguère, P., Gopalarathnam, A.,
and Selig, M.S., Summary of Low-Speed Airfoil Data, Vol. 3, SoarTech
Publications, H.A. Stokely (ed.), 1504 N. Horseshoe Circle, Virginia
Beach, VA 23451, 1997, 420 pages.
- Giguère, P. and Selig, M.S., "New Airfoils for Small
Horizontal Axis Wind Turbines," ASME Journal of Energy Engineering,
Vol. 120, May 1998, pp. 108-114.
- Giguère, P. and Selig, M.S., "Low Reynolds Number Airfoils
for Small Horizontal Axis Wind Turbines," Wind Engineering, Vol. 21,
No. 6, 1997, pp. 367-380.
- Trade-Off Studies
- Tangler, J.L., "Effects of Airfoil Thickness and Maximum Lift on
Roughness Sensitivity, "3rd ASME/JSME Fluids Engineering Conference,
San Francisco, CA, July 18-23, 1999.
- Giguère, P., M.S. Selig and Tangler, J.L., "Blade Design
Tradeoffs Using Low-Lift Airfoils for Stall Regulated Horizontal Axis
Wind Turbines," National Renewable Energy Laboratory Report
NREL/CP-500-26173, Golden, CO, February 1999.
- Giguère, P. and M.S. Selig, "Desirable Airfoil
Characteristics for Large Variable-Speed Horizontal-Axis Wind
Turbines," ASME Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Vol. 119, No. 3,
pp. 253-260, 1997.
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