Wind Turbine Wakes and Helicopter Operations: An Overview of the Garteur HC-AG23 Activities

Bakker, R., Visingardi, A., van der Wall, B. G., Voutsinas, S., Basset, P.-M., Campagnolo, F., Pavel, M., Barakos, G. and White, M. (2018) Wind Turbine Wakes and Helicopter Operations: An Overview of the Garteur HC-AG23 Activities. In: 44th European Rotorcraft Forum, Delft, The Netherlands, 18-20 Sep 2018,

Abstract

The effects of a wind turbine wake on General Aviation and the behaviour of helicopters in the tip vortex of large fixed-wing aircraft has been topic of research in the past years, but less is known about the interactions of helicopters operating in a wind turbine wake. A dedicated GARTEUR Action Group, HC-AG23, consisting of European universities and research institutes was formed to investigate helicopter behaviour in a wind tur-bine wake and to study the consequences for helicopter handling and safety of flight. The activities are struc-tured in work packages addressing wind turbine wake identification, wake experiments and computations, offline and piloted simulations and management and dissemination activities. This paper presents an over-view of the partners’ activities and provides a short overview of the results that have been achieved in the past three years.

• Item Type: Conference Proceedings
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Barakos, Professor George
• Authors: Bakker, R., Visingardi, A., van der Wall, B. G., Voutsinas, S., Basset, P.-M., Campagnolo, F., Pavel, M., Barakos, G., and White, M.
• College/School: College of Science and Engineering > School of Engineering > Autonomous Systems and Connectivity
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2018 The Authors
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