Title

Application of overset mesh approach in the investigation of the Savonius wind turbines with rigid and deformable blades

Journal title

Archives of Thermodynamics

Yearbook

2021

Volume

vol. 42

Issue

No 4

Authors

Marchewka, Emil ; Sobczak, Krzysztof ; Reorowicz, Piotr ; Obidowski, Damian Stanisław ; Jóźwik, Krzysztof

Affiliation

Marchewka, Emil : Lodz University of Technology, Institute of Turbomachinery, Wólczanska 219/223, 90-924 Łódz, Poland ; Sobczak, Krzysztof : Lodz University of Technology, Institute of Turbomachinery, Wólczanska 219/223, 90-924 Łódz, Poland ; Reorowicz, Piotr : Lodz University of Technology, Institute of Turbomachinery, Wólczanska 219/223, 90-924 Łódz, Poland ; Obidowski, Damian Stanisław : Lodz University of Technology, Institute of Turbomachinery, Wólczanska 219/223, 90-924 Łódz, Poland ; Jóźwik, Krzysztof : Lodz University of Technology, Institute of Turbomachinery, Wólczanska 219/223, 90-924 Łódz, Poland

Keywords

CFD ; Savonius ; Deformable blade ; Overset mesh ; Sliding mesh

Divisions of PAS

Nauki Techniczne

Coverage

201-216

Publisher

The Committee of Thermodynamics and Combustion of the Polish Academy of Sciences and The Institute of Fluid-Flow Machinery Polish Academy of Sciences

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Date

2022.01.17

Type

Article

Identifier

DOI: 10.24425/ather.2021.139659

Editorial Board

International Advisory Board

J. Bataille, Ecole Central de Lyon, Ecully, France

A. Bejan, Duke University, Durham, USA

W. Blasiak, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden

G. P. Celata, ENEA, Rome, Italy

L.M. Cheng, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

M. Colaco, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

J. M. Delhaye, CEA, Grenoble, France

M. Giot, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium

K. Hooman, University of Queensland, Australia

D. Jackson, University of Manchester, UK

D.F. Li, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, China

K. Kuwagi, Okayama University of Science, Japan

J. P. Meyer, University of Pretoria, South Africa

S. Michaelides, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth Texas, USA

M. Moran, Ohio State University, Columbus, USA

W. Muschik, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany

I. Müller, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany

H. Nakayama, Japanese Atomic Energy Agency, Japan

S. Nizetic, University of Split, Croatia

H. Orlande, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

M. Podowski, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, USA

A. Rusanov, Institute for Mechanical Engineering Problems NAS, Kharkiv, Ukraine

M. R. von Spakovsky, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, USA

A. Vallati, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

H.R. Yang, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China