Comparison of the Aeroelastic Free Vortex Wake Code AWSM with Conventional BEM Based Codes on 10MW+ Wind Turbines

The current practice in aerodynamic design and load analysis of wind turbines is to use codes based on the Blade Element Momentum theory (BEM). These models are computationally very efficient but are limited in the physical representation of certain flow phenomena, such as yawed flow, dynamic inflow and root/tip flow, for which engineering...