Documentation - Papers and presentations

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Coupling WindSim with meso scale systems. The GWS Micro Windmapping System
C. Albrecht; WindSim User Meeting, Tønsberg, 2008. (pdf document 5.0 Mb)
Turbulence Study In A Operating Wind Farm
A. Angulo; WindSim User Meeting, Tønsberg, 2008. (pdf document 1.1 Mb)
Advanced pre and post-processing in WindSim
F. Castellani; WindSim User Meeting, Tønsberg, 2008. (pdf document 1.4 Mb)
CFD wake modeling using a porous disc
G. Crasto; WindSim User Meeting, Tønsberg, 2008. (pdf document 0.6 Mb)
WindSim modelling at METEOTEST: our experiences
S. Dierer; WindSim User Meeting, Tønsberg, 2008. (pdf document 0.9 Mb)
Wind resources evaluation of a complex site in central Italy
D. Fallo; WindSim User Meeting, Tønsberg, 2008. (pdf document 1.2 Mb)
When the convergence gets rough
M. Ferry; WindSim User Meeting, Tønsberg, 2008. (pps document 2.8 Mb)
Turbulence analysis using WindSim:experiences in Iref calculation
M. Gianni; WindSim User Meeting, Tønsberg, 2008. (pdf document 1.4 Mb)
Three dimensional actuator disc modelling of wind farm wake interaction
S. Ivanell; WindSim User Meeting, Tønsberg, 2008. (pdf document 3.1 Mb)
WindSim Forest Model
T. Blodau-Konick; WindSim User Meeting, Tønsberg, 2008. (pdf document 0.5 Mb)
Inclusion of temperature equation
C. Meissner; WindSim User Meeting, Tønsberg, 2008. (pdf document 0.4 Mb)
Transfer of measured wind data in consideration of subsequently added obstacles
R. Pauen; WindSim User Meeting, Tønsberg, 2008. (pdf document 1.2 Mb)
Improving accuracy of nacelle-anemometer-based site calibration through CFD modelling
A. Vignaroli; WindSim User Meeting, Tønsberg, 2008. (pdf document 1.5 Mb)
CFD wake modeling using a porous disc (Full paper)
G. Crasto, A.R. Gravdahl; EWEC, Brussels, 2008. (pdf document 0.5 Mb)
CFD wake modeling using a porous disc (Poster)
G. Crasto, A.R. Gravdahl; EWEC, Brussels, 2008. (pdf document 0.8 Mb)
Wind energy resource evaluation in a site of central Italy by CFD simulations
D. Fallo; Thesis, University of Cagliari, DiMeCa, 2007. (pdf document 4.0 Mb)
Improvements in post-processing Windfields; Coupling Meso- and Microscale, the European Windmapping service
C. Albrecht; WindSim User Meeting, Tønsberg, 2007. (pdf document 1.7 Mb)
Experiences with 64bit WindSim
T. Blodau-Konick; WindSim User Meeting, Tønsberg, 2007. (pdf document 0.7 Mb)
Downscaling Metereological Model Data using WindSim
F. Castellani; WindSim User Meeting, Tønsberg, 2007. (pdf document 1.8 Mb)
Severe atmospheric and terrain conditions simulation: Bulgaria test case
L. Imperato; WindSim User Meeting, Tønsberg, 2007. (pdf document 1.4 Mb)
Test of WindSim for the Wind Flow with Recirculation
H. Kim; WindSim User Meeting, Tønsberg, 2007. (pdf document 4.8 Mb)
Vertical profiles with WindSim and WAsP - comparing several cases
R. Pauen; WindSim User Meeting, Tønsberg, 2007. (pdf document 0.7 Mb)
Comparison of measured wind profiles with WindSim calculations
E. Steinbach; WindSim User Meeting, Tønsberg, 2007. (pdf document 0.4 Mb)
On the Sensitivity of Numerical Wind Field Modeling
A. R. Gravdahl; WINDPOWER, Los Angeles, 2007. (pdf document 1.7 Mb)
Numerical Simulations of the Atmospheric Boundary Layer
G. Crasto; Ph.D. Thesis, University of Cagliari, DiMeCa, 2007. (pdf document 5.3 Mb)
Three dimensional wind field calculation above orographic complex terrain in Southern Europe
C. Albrecht, M. Klesitz; EWEC, Athens, 2006. (pdf document 1.5 Mb)
Wind in complex terrain. A comparison of WAsP and two CFD-models
E. Berge, A. R. Gravdahl, J. Schelling, L. Tallhaug, O. Undheim; EWEC, Athens, 2006. (pdf document 1.6 Mb)
Wind simulations on complex terrains: About the dependencies of inlet flow ortogonality
F.Castellani, A.Vignaroli, A.R. Gravdahl; EWEC, Athens, 2006. (pdf document 0.3 Mb)
Validation of CFD Wind Resource Modeling in Higly Complex Terrain
R. Cattin, B. Schafner, S. Kunz; EWEC, Athens, 2006. (pdf document 1.0 Mb)
Canopy modelling with a CFD code
A. R. Gravdahl, G. Crasto, S. Quinn, N. Mandas, F. Cambuli; EWEC, Athens, 2006. (pdf document 1.5 Mb)
CFD-RANS applications in complex terrain analysis. Numerical vs experimental results. A case study: Cozzovallefondi wind farm in Sicily.
J. Maza, G. Nicoletti; EWEC, Athens, 2006. (pdf document 1.9 Mb)
Micro-scale effects over the wind:modelling flow around buildings with WindSim-Phoenics
P. Moreno et al.; EWEC, Athens, 2006. (pdf document 0.4 Mb)
A canopy model for WindSim 4.5
G. Crasto; WindSim Workshop, Kassel, 2006. (pdf document 0.9 Mb)
A new technique to improve expected AEP estimation in very complex terrain
F.Castellani, G. Franceschini; WindSim User Meeting, Tønsberg, 2005. (ppt document 9.3 Mb)
Contact AIAA for the full paper; see abstract Abstract (pdf document 0.1 Mb)
A canopy model for WindSim 4.5
G. Crasto; WindSim User Meeting, Tønsberg, 2005. (ppt document 4.9 Mb)
WindSim in Complex Terrain: test case Castronovo, Sicily
C. Albrecht, M. Klesitz; WindSim User Meeting, Tønsberg, 2005. (pdf document 0.7 Mb)
Using WindSim for Pollutant Dispersion
A. Vignaroli; WindSim User Meeting, Tønsberg, 2005. (ppt document 1.8 Mb)
Alpine Windharvest
B. Schaffner, R. Cattin; EU-Interreg III b project, 2005. (WWW)
Wind Flow over Complex Terrain: Application of Linear and CFD Models
P. Moreno, A. R. Gravdahl, M. Romero; European Wind Energy Conference and Exhibition, Madrid, 2003. (Word document 1.3 Mb)
Wind Modeling in Mountains: Intercomparison and Validation of Models
B. Schaffner, A. R. Gravdahl; European Wind Energy Conference and Exhibition, Madrid, 2003. (Word document 4.2 Mb zipped)
Power prediction and siting - When the terrain gets rough
A. R. Gravdahl, S. Rorgemoen, M. Thogersen; The World Wind Energy Conference and Exhibition, Berlin, 2002 (Word document 0.2 Mb)
WindSim - Flow Simulations in Complex Terrain
A. R. Gravdahl, K. Harstveit; 5th German Wind Energy Conference, Wilhelmshaven, 2000. (Pdf document 0.2 Mb)
Wind field simulations at Askervein hill
J. Leroy; Technical report VECTOR_9910_100, 1999. (Pdf document 2.8 Mb)
Meso scale modeling with a Reynolds Averaged Navier-Stokes Solver
A. R. Gravdahl; 31th IEA Experts Meeting - State of the Art of Wind Resource Estimation, Risø 1998. (Pdf document 0.9 Mb)