Research Article

New Evaluation Technique for WTG Design Wind Speed Using a CFD-Model-Based Unsteady Flow Simulation with Wind Direction Changes

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(a) 10-minute moving average values of the fractional increase of hubheight wind speed, and (b) corresponding turbulence intensity. Here, the results from Turbine no. 1 are given as an example.
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(a) Fractional increase of hubheight wind speed = (horizontal wind speed at turbine hubheight)/(horizontal wind speed at hubheight) from Figure 2 and Table 1
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(b) Turbulence intensity (%)