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Visser, L. R. (author), Kootte, M.E. (author), Ferreira, A. C. (author), Sicurani, O. (author), Pauwels, E. J. (author), Vuik, Cornelis (author), Van Sark, W. G.J.H.M. (author), AlSkaif, T. A. (author)Fluctuating electricity prices offer potential economic savings for the consumption of electricity by flexible assets such as Electric Vehicles (EVs). This study proposes an operational bidding framework that minimizes the charging costs of an EV fleet by submitting an optimized bid to the day-ahead electricity market. The framework consists...journal article 2022
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Pinto Ribeiro, A. (author), Casalino, D. (author), Ferreira, Carlos (author)This paper shows fluid structure interaction simulations of a highly flexible wing at various flow conditions, including flutter regime. This is achieved with two-way time domain coupling of a geometrically exact beam structural model and a 3D free wake panel method, modelling the outer surface of the wing, which allow for non-linear effects of...conference paper 2022
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Ferreira, Carlos (author), Yu, W. (author), Sala, A. (author), Viré, A.C. (author)Floating offshore wind turbines may experience large surge motions, which can cause blade–vortex interaction if they are similar to or faster than the local wind speed. Previous research hypothesized that this blade–vortex interaction phenomenon represented a turbulent wake state or even a vortex ring state, rendering the actuator disc momentum...journal article 2022
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Jamieson, P. (author), Ferreira, Carlos (author), Dalhoff, P. (author), Störtenbecker, S. (author), Collu, M. (author), Salo, E. (author), McMillan, D. (author), McMorland, J. (author), Morgan, L. (author), Buck, A. (author)The upscaling of wind turbines results in fewer units per installed MW reducing infrastructure and maintenance costs of offshore wind farms. Multi rotor systems (MRS), comprising many wind turbine rotors on a single support structure, are potentially a means to maximize the upscaling benefit in achieving larger unit capacities than is...journal article 2022
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Abdelfattah, Ibrahim (author), Ferreira, Francisca (author), Saleh, M. (author), Reis, Paulo N.B. (author), Teixeira De Freitas, S. (author)Three-point bending analysis, experimental and numerical, is conducted for three different sizes, 30*30 mm, 40*40 mm and 60*60 mm, of one-sided square cross-ply TEXIPREG HS 160 RM carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) patches as well as intact and notched specimens. The tests are carried out with the aim to study the influence of the patch’s...journal article 2022
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Ferreira, Bernardo P. (author), Andrade Pires, F. M. (author), Bessa, M.A. (author)This article introduces adaptivity in Clustering-based Reduced Order Models (ACROMs). The strategy is demonstrated for a particular CROM called Self-Consistent Clustering Analysis (SCA), extending it into the Adaptive Self-Consistent Clustering Analysis (ASCA) method. This is shown to improve predictions of Representative Volume Elements ...journal article 2022
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Ferreira, Cicero (author), Janssen, M.F.W.H.A. (author)In recent years, shared services centers (SSCs) have been central to organizational transformation strategies of many large firms and governments to reduce costs, improve service quality, and innovate services. SSCs are undergoing significant transformations due to the advancement of technologies. To better understand the technologies’ impact on...journal article 2022
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Pinto Ribeiro, A. (author), Casalino, D. (author), Ferreira, Carlos (author)We investigate the aerodynamics of a surging wind turbine with numerical simulations based on a free wake panel method. We start by demonstrating the method's capability to simulate a plunging airfoil, which provides some insights that are later used to interpret results of a surging rotor. We then validate the method on a non-surging wind...journal article 2022
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Hur, C. (author), Ferreira, Carlos (author), Schepers, Gerard (author)Horizontal axis wind turbines (HAWTs) experience yaw misalignments due to the physical limitations of yaw controllers and various novel active yaw controls. Moreover, the motion of floating offshore wind turbines (FOWTs) accelerates yaw misalignment. The blade element momentum (BEM) method is widely used due to its computational efficiency for...journal article 2022
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Brandetti, L. (author), Liu, Y. (author), Mulders, S.P. (author), Ferreira, Carlos (author), Watson, S.J. (author), van Wingerden, J.W. (author)In recent years, industrial controllers for modern wind turbines have been designed as a combined wind speed estimator and tip-speed ratio (WSE-TSR) tracking control scheme. In contrast to the conventional and widely used Kω 2 torque control strategy, the WSE-TSR scheme provides flexibility in terms of controller responsiveness and...journal article 2022
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De Tavernier, D. (author), Ferreira, Carlos (author), Goude, Anders (author)This chapter highlights the main aerodynamic phenomena and challenges of vertical-axis wind turbines. First, an introduction is provided on the VAWT history and (dis-)advantages. The basics of VAWT aerodynamics and the various rotor simplifications/representations are presented. Further, the state-of-the art aerodynamic modeling techniques,...book chapter 2022
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Goyal, J. (author), Sinnige, T. (author), Avallone, F. (author), Ferreira, Carlos (author)Regenerative propellers offer many potential benefits such as improved maneuverability, reduced landing run, and decreased community noise, besides the potential to reduce energy consumption by recovering energy during descent and landing. Since the blade loading in regenerative mode will be opposite to that in the conventional propulsive mode,...conference paper 2021
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LeBlanc, B.P. (author), Ferreira, Carlos (author)This paper presents the flow fields and aerodynamic loading of a two bladed H-type vertical axis wind turbine with active variable pitch for load and circulation control. Particle Image Velocimetry is used to capture flow fields at six azimuthal positions of the blades during operation, three upwind and three downwind. Flow phenomena such as...journal article 2021
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Ferreira, P. (author), Rigotti Manesco, A.L. (author), Dorini, T. T. (author), Correa, L. E. (author), Weber, G. (author), Machado, A. J.S. (author), Eleno, L. T.F. (author)In the present work, we investigate the electronic and elastic properties in equilibrium and under strain of the type-II Dirac semimetal NiTe2 using density functional theory. Our results demonstrate the tunability of Dirac nodes' energy and momentum with strain and that it is possible to bring them closer to the Fermi level, while other...journal article 2021
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van Kessel, C.L. (author), Bauer, P. (author), Ferreira, Jan Abraham (author)Dielectric elastomer transducers (DETs) are commonly modeled by lumped-element models (LEMs), however such models do not capture the cutoff behavior that manifests at relatively low frequencies due to the high resistivity of the stretchable electrodes. Moreover, the contribution of the electrodes into the lumped series resistance is not...journal article 2021
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De Tavernier, D. (author), Ferreira, Carlos (author), Viré, A.C. (author), LeBlanc, B.P. (author), Bernardy, S. (author)Vortex generators (VGs) have proven their capabilities in wind turbine applications to delay stall in steady flow conditions. However, their behaviour in unsteady conditions is insufficiently understood. This paper presents an experimental study that demonstrates the effect of VGs in unsteady flow, including controlling and suppressing the...journal article 2021
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Ferreira, Pedro L. (author), Santos, Francisco C. (author), Gonçalves Melo Pequito, S.D. (author)What humans do when exposed to uncertainty, incomplete information, and a dynamic environment influenced by other agents remains an open scientific challenge with important implications in both science and engineering applications. In these contexts, humans handle social situations by employing elaborate cognitive mechanisms such as theory of...journal article 2021
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Melani, P. F. (author), Balduzzi, F. (author), Brandetti, L. (author), Ferreira, Carlos (author), Bianchini, A. (author)Simulation methods ensuring a level of fidelity higher than that of the ubiquitous Blade Element Momentum theory are increasingly applied to VAWTs, ranging from Lifting-Line methods, to Actuator Line or Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). The inherent complexity of these machines, characterised by a continuous variation of the angle of attack...journal article 2020
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De Tavernier, D. (author), Ferreira, Carlos (author), Paulsen, U. (author), Madsen, H. (author)This paper deals with the 3D effects of a vertical-axis wind turbine caused by the tip vortices. In this study, the VAWT rotor is simplified by the infinitely bladed actuator cylinder concept. The loads are prescribed to be uniform and normal to the surface and are distributed between the upwind and downwind half. Depending on the load...journal article 2020
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Brandetti, L. (author), De Tavernier, D. (author), LeBlanc, B.P. (author), Ferreira, Carlos (author)The paper presents an experimental study of applying variable loads on a vertical-axis wind turbine (VAWT). The experiment is conducted in an open-jet wind tunnel on a two-bladed Darrieus VAWT equipped with active individual blade pitch control. Variable loads are achieved by dynamically changing the pitch angle of the individual blades and...journal article 2020