Prof. Dr. Sandrine Aubrun
École Centrale de Nantes, France
Research in wakes has evolved dramatically the last decade and are still increasing, hence there is an increasing interest and need for a common forum.
The technical committee for wakes and wind farm aerodynamics has been established since 2021 and gather activities in this field within the EAWE community and collects experts from all around the world sharing their knowledge in this field. We coordinate existing activities and initialize new.
The committee has since more than 10 years organized the biannual Wake Conference hosted in Visby, Sweden.
The committee meet regularly on-line, while face-to-face meetings are held in connection with other planned seminars or conferences of EAWE (for example Torque or WESC conferences).
The work within the test turbine working group should consist of collect and present information about:
More info here: www.wakeconference.se
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Join us for the next insightful webinar on “Direct numerical simulations to dynamic stall on vertical-axis wind turbine”
Date: October 23, 2025
Time: 16:00 CET (duration: 1 hour)
Speaker: Yu-Cheng Lu, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Title: Direct Numerical Simulations of Dynamic Stall on Vertical-Axis Wind Turbines
Registration: Click here to register
Vertical-axis wind turbines (VAWTs) have been under development for several decades. Despite their structural and operational advantages, their widespread use in wind energy generation remains limited due to relatively low aerodynamic performance. The turbine blades experience dynamic stall and complex unsteady flow phenomena, which significantly reduce power efficiency.
This seminar will present recent progress in direct numerical simulations (DNS) of a single-blade VAWT under various operating conditions and background disturbances. The results will be compared with experimental data, and Proper Orthogonal Decomposition (POD) will be applied to the spanwise vorticity field to analyze the evolution and dynamics of the dynamic stall vortex.
Join us for this webinar to explore the latest insights into dynamic stall behavior and its implications for the future of wind turbine design.
Get to know the talented individuals behind our committee.
Prof. Dr. Jens Nørkær Sørensen
DTU, Denmark
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