Date
January – April 2015
This project aimed to accurately simulate turbulent flow over a scaled horizontal axis tidal turbine to resolve turbulence in the near and far field regions. The validated model enables a better determination of which turbulence model is better suited for tidal turbine study, to accurately estimate blade forces, and near/far-field turbulence. This allows for improved blade design optimization as well as giving better insight into the flow-physics of a tidal array set up.
Principal Investigators: Dr. Dominic Groulx and Nicholas Osbourne, Dalhousie University