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dc.contributor.authorCarrigan, Travis Justinen_US
dc.date.accessioned2011-07-14T20:48:02Z
dc.date.available2011-07-14T20:48:02Z
dc.date.issued2011-07-14
dc.date.submittedJanuary 2010en_US
dc.identifier.otherDISS-10851en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10106/5627
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this study is to introduce and demonstrate a fully automated process for optimizing the airfoil cross-section of a vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT). The objective is to maximize the torque while enforcing typical wind turbine design constraints such as tip speed ratio, solidity, and blade profile. By fixing the tip speed ratio and solidity of the wind turbine, there exists an airfoil cross-section for which the torque can be maximized, requiring the development of an iterative design system.The design system required to maximize torque incorporates rapid geometry generation and automated hybrid mesh generation tools with viscous, unsteady computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation software. The flexibility and automation of the modular design and simulation system allows for it to easily be coupled with a parallel differential evolution algorithm used to obtain an optimized blade design that maximizes the efficiency of the wind turbine.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipDennis, Brianen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAerospace Engineeringen_US
dc.titleAerodynamic Shape Optimization Of A Vertical Axis Wind Turbineen_US
dc.typeM.S.en_US
dc.contributor.committeeChairDennis, Brianen_US
dc.degree.departmentAerospace Engineeringen_US
dc.degree.disciplineAerospace Engineeringen_US
dc.degree.grantorUniversity of Texas at Arlingtonen_US
dc.degree.levelmastersen_US
dc.degree.nameM.S.en_US


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