Wind-tunnel experiments on a large-scale Flettner rotor

None, None; None, None; None, None; None, None; None, None; None, None; None, None

Wind-tunnel experiments on a large-scale Flettner rotor

Conference Paper (2019)

Author(s)

G. Bordogna (TU Delft - Mechanical Engineering)

S. Muggiasca (Politecnico di Milano)

S. Giappino (Politecnico di Milano)

M. Belloli (Politecnico di Milano)

J. A. Keuning (TU Delft - Mechanical Engineering)

R. H.M. Huijsmans (TU Delft - Mechanical Engineering)

A. P. van‘t Veer (TU Delft - Mechanical Engineering)

Research Group

Ship Hydromechanics and Structures

Flettner rotor Wind power Wind assisted ship propulsion Magnus effect Rotating cylinder Green shipping

DOI related publication

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-12815-9_9 Final published version

To reference this document use

https://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:f4897468-ccbc-4526-9aaf-7195a995da18

More Info

expand_more

Publication Year

2019

Language

English

Research Group

Ship Hydromechanics and Structures

Volume number

27

Pages (from-to)

110-123

Publisher

Springer

Event

IN VENTO 2018: The XVth Conference of the Italian Association for Wind Engineering (2018-09-10 - 2018-09-12), Naples, Italy

Downloads counter

321

Abstract

Experiments on a large-scale Flettner rotor were carried out in the boundary-layer test section of Politecnico di Milano wind tunnel. The rotating cylinder used in the experimental campaign (referred to as Delft Rotor) had a diameter of 1.0 m and span of 3.73 m. The Delft Rotor was equipped with two purpose-built force balances and two different systems to measure the pressure on the rotor’s outer skin. The goal of the experiments was to study the influence of different Reynolds numbers on the aerodynamic forces generated by the spinning cylinder. The highest Reynolds number achieved during the experiments was.