Print Email Facebook Twitter Prandtl tip loss factor assessed Title Prandtl tip loss factor assessed Author Ramdin, S.F. Contributor van Zuijlen, A.H. (mentor) Faculty Aerospace Engineering Department Aerodynamics, Wind Energy & Propulsion Date 2017-01-31 Abstract The Blade Element Momentum (BEM) theory is widely used for the design of wind turbine blades and predicting aerodynamic loads because of its ability to compute fast and reasonable results. However, the Prandtl tip loss factor is needed to improve the accuracy of the results near the tip. In this thesis the limitations and shortcomings of this factor are identified, by using higher fidelity methods. The results show that the Prandtl tip loss factor should be improved on the account of the radial movement of the flow and that there are four tip loss factors that outperform the others. Subject tip loss factorPrandtl tip loss factorBEM To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:3eda6d83-9aaa-4632-8037-b44107a084e3 Part of collection Student theses Document type master thesis Rights (c) 2017 Ramdin, S.F. Files PDF MScThesis_final_SFRamdin.pdf 21.17 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:3eda6d83-9aaa-4632-8037-b44107a084e3/datastream/OBJ/view