scholarly journals Collective locomotion of two-dimensional lattices of flapping plates. Part 1. Numerical method, single-plate case and lattice input power

2021 ◽  
Vol 915 ◽  
Author(s):  
Silas Alben
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Method ◽  
Input Power ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Single Plate ◽  
Collective Locomotion

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scholarly journals A Fast Two-Dimensional Numerical Method for the Wake Simulation of a Vertical Axis Wind Turbine

Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 49
Author(s):  
Zheng Yuan ◽  
Jin Jiang ◽  
Jun Zang ◽  
Qihu Sheng ◽  
Ke Sun ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Velocity Distribution ◽  
Numerical Method ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Particle Method ◽  
Vortex Method ◽  
Vertical Axis ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Vertical Axis Wind Turbine ◽  
Wake Effect ◽  
Array Design

In the array design of the vertical axis wind turbines (VAWT), the wake effect of the upstream VAWT on the downstream VAWT needs to be considered. In order to simulate the velocity distribution of a VAWT wake rapidly, a new two-dimensional numerical method is proposed, which can make the array design easier and faster. In this new approach, the finite vortex method and vortex particle method are combined to simulate the generation and evolution of the vortex, respectively, the fast multipole method (FMM) is used to accelerate the calculation. Based on a characteristic of the VAWT wake, that is, the velocity distribution can be fitted into a power-law function, a new correction model is introduced to correct the three-dimensional effect of the VAWT wake. Finally, the simulation results can be approximated to the published experimental results in the first-order. As a new numerical method to simulate the complex VAWT wake, this paper proves the feasibility of the method and makes a preliminary validation. This method is not used to simulate the complex three-dimensional turbulent evolution but to simulate the velocity distribution quickly and relatively accurately, which meets the requirement for rapid simulation in the preliminary array design.

A Difference Method for Plane Problems in Magnetoelastodynamics

1972 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 689-695 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. W. Recker
Keyword(s):  
Partial Differential Equations ◽  
Differential Equations ◽  
Numerical Method ◽  
Difference Method ◽  
Necessary Condition ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Symmetric Hyperbolic System ◽  
Von Neumann ◽  
First Order ◽  
Independent Variables

The two-dimensional equations of magnetoelastodynamics are considered as a symmetric hyperbolic system of linear first-order partial-differential equations in three independent variables. The characteristic properties of the system are determined and a numerical method for obtaining the solution to mixed initial and boundary-value problems in plane magnetoelastodynamics is presented. Results on the von Neumann necessary condition are presented. Application of the method to a problem which has a known solution provides further numerical evidence of the convergence and stability of the method.

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