Interact: Wind Energy

Presentations

• PIV analysis of the near wake behind a dynamically pitching horizontal axis wind turbine

  ORAL

  Nov. 23, 2025, 10:31 AM – Nov. 23, 2025, 10:32 AM

  Presenters

  • Taylor McMillon

    • Brown University

  Authors

  • Taylor McMillon

    • Brown University

  • Bridget M Benner

    • University of Wyoming

  • Keller Redfern Morrison

    • Brown University

  • Eliza Tabachnik

    • Brown University

  • Kenneth S Breuer

    • Center for Fluid Mechanics, Brown University

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• Unsteady Aerodynamics and Wind Turbine Response using Airfoil-Based Actuator Disk Model

  ORAL

  Nov. 23, 2025, 10:32 AM – Nov. 23, 2025, 10:33 AM

  Publication: Shahadat, M. R. B., Doranehgard, M. H., Cai, W., Meneveau, C., Schafer, B., & Li, Z. (2025). An Airfoil-Based Synthetic Actuator Disk Model for Wind Turbine Aerodynamic and Structural Analysis. Renewable Energy, 123780.

  Presenters

  • Muhammad Rubayat Bin Shahadat

    • Johns Hopkins University, Morgan State University

  Authors

  • Muhammad Rubayat Bin Shahadat

    • Johns Hopkins University, Morgan State University

  • Weibing Cai

    • Johns Hopkins University, Morgan State University
    • Morgan State University

  • Mohammad Hossein Doranehgard

    • Johns Hopkins University, Morgan State University

  • Benjamin Schafer, PhD

    • Johns Hopkins University

  • Charles Meneveau

    • Johns Hopkins University

  • Zheng Li

    • Morgan State University

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• Farm-to-Farm Dynamics and Their Impact on Wind Farm Wake Recovery

  ORAL

  Nov. 23, 2025, 10:33 AM – Nov. 23, 2025, 10:34 AM

  Presenters

  • Lauryn Gormaly

    • Portland State University

  Authors

  • Lauryn Gormaly

    • Portland State University

  • Natalie Violetta Frank

    • Portland State University

  • Madeline S Fischer

    • Portland State University

  • Elsa Ghebregherghis

    • Portland State University

  • Stuart Williscroft

    • Portland State University

  • Zein Ahmad Sadek

    • Portland State University

  • Ondrej Fercak

    • Portland State University

  • Sarah E Smith

    • Portland State University

  • Kostas Steiros

    • Imperial College London
    • Imperial College London, Department of Aeronautics

  • Martin Obligado

    • Centrale Lille Institut

  • Joachim Peinke

    • University of Oldenburg

  • Michael Hölling

    • University of Oldenburg

  • Raúl Bayoán B Cal

    • Portland State University

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• Modeling Wave-induced Stress and Atmospheric Stability Effects in Offshore Wind Farm Wakes

  ORAL

  Nov. 23, 2025, 10:34 AM – Nov. 23, 2025, 10:35 AM

  Presenters

  • Aditya K Aiyer

    • Lehigh University

  Authors

  • Aditya K Aiyer

    • Lehigh University

  • Ghanesh Narasimhan

    • University of Minnesota

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• PIV analysis of the near wake behind a statically pitched horizontal axis wind turbine

  ORAL

  Nov. 23, 2025, 10:35 AM – Nov. 23, 2025, 10:36 AM

  Presenters

  • Bridget M Benner

    • University of Wyoming

  Authors

  • Bridget M Benner

    • University of Wyoming

  • Taylor McMillon

    • Brown University

  • Keller Redfern Morrison

    • Brown University

  • Eliza Tabachnik

    • Brown University

  • Kenneth S Breuer

    • Center for Fluid Mechanics, Brown University

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• Active Control for Wind-Turbine Power Enhancements in Unsteady Inflow Conditions

  ORAL

  Nov. 23, 2025, 10:36 AM – Nov. 23, 2025, 10:37 AM

  Presenters

  • Tyler G Gong

    • University of Pennsylvania

  Authors

  • Tyler G Gong

    • University of Pennsylvania

  • Nathaniel J Wei

    • University of Pennsylvania

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• Unified rotor modeling: experimental validation at full dynamic similarity and implications for turbine design and flow control

  ORAL

  Nov. 23, 2025, 10:37 AM – Nov. 23, 2025, 10:38 AM

  Publication: Heck, K. S., Liew, J., Upfal, I. M. L., and Howland, M. F.: Joint Yaw-Induction Control Optimization for Wind Farms, Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss. [preprint], https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2025-90, in review, 2025.

  Presenters

  • Ilan M. L. Upfal

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • Ilan M. L. Upfal

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • John W Kurelek

    • Queen's University

  • Supun Pieris

    • Queen's University

  • Kirby S Heck

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Jaime Liew

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Marcus Hultmark

    • Princeton University

  • Michael F Howland

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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• Effects of Wind Direction on Power Production of the South Fork Offshore Wind Farm

  ORAL

  Nov. 23, 2025, 10:38 AM – Nov. 23, 2025, 10:39 AM

  Publication: Wind Direction Effects on Power Production of the South Fork Offshore Wind Farm

  Presenters

  • Yongjie Lu

    • University of Connecticut

  Authors

  • Yongjie Lu

    • University of Connecticut

  • Georgios Matheou

    • University of Connecticut

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• Reduced-Order Modeling of Wind Turbine Wakes with the Generalized Quasilinear Approximation

  ORAL

  Nov. 23, 2025, 10:39 AM – Nov. 23, 2025, 10:40 AM

  Presenters

  • Masoumeh Gharaati

    • University of New Hampshire

  Authors

  • Masoumeh Gharaati

    • University of New Hampshire

  • Jeff S Oishi

    • University of New Hampshire

  • Greg P Chini

    • University of New Hampshire

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• FIRST INTERACT DISCUSSION WITH POSTERS

  COFFEE_KLATCH

  Nov. 23, 2025, 10:40 AM – Nov. 23, 2025, 11:31 AM

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  Nov. 23, 2025, 11:31 AM – Nov. 23, 2025, 11:32 AM

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• Performance of a model wind turbine subject to simulated wave motion

  ORAL

  Nov. 23, 2025, 11:32 AM – Nov. 23, 2025, 11:33 AM

  Presenters

  • Keller Redfern Morrison

    • Brown University

  Authors

  • Keller Redfern Morrison

    • Brown University

  • Eliza Tabachnik

    • Brown University

  • Taylor McMillon

    • Brown University

  • Kenneth S Breuer

    • Center for Fluid Mechanics, Brown University

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• Identifying the theoretical performance limit for Vertical Axis Wind Turbines

  ORAL

  Nov. 23, 2025, 11:33 AM – Nov. 23, 2025, 11:34 AM

  Presenters

  • Mridul Rathi

    • Purdue University- West Lafayette

  Authors

  • Mridul Rathi

    • Purdue University- West Lafayette

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• Analysis of the momentum availability factor in the two-scale momentum theory of wind farm flows

  ORAL

  Nov. 23, 2025, 11:34 AM – Nov. 23, 2025, 11:35 AM

  Publication: The presented work is planned to be part of a journal article that we are currently working on.

  Presenters

  • Mads Baungaard

    • University of Oxford

  Authors

  • Mads Baungaard

    • University of Oxford

  • Takafumi Nishino

    • University of Oxford

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• Quantification of errors in profiling lidar-based turbulence measurement using a large-eddy simulation

  ORAL

  Nov. 23, 2025, 11:35 AM – Nov. 23, 2025, 11:36 AM

  Presenters

  • Jay P Goit

    • Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kindai University, Japan

  Authors

  • Jay P Goit

    • Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kindai University, Japan

  • Ramarajan Jeganathan

    • Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kindai University, Japan

  • Atsushi Yamaguchi

    • Construction and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Ashikaga University, Japan

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• Effects of Rotation Direction on Blade Dynamics of Cross-Flow Turbines Under a Free Surface with Waves

  ORAL

  Nov. 23, 2025, 11:36 AM – Nov. 23, 2025, 11:37 AM

  Presenters

  • Sara Frances Hartke

    • University of Wisconsin - Madison

  Authors

  • Sara Frances Hartke

    • University of Wisconsin - Madison

  • Nimish Pujara

    • University of Wisconsin - Madison

  • Jennifer A. Franck

    • University of Wisconsin - Madison

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• Reynolds number effects on horizontal axis wind turbine performance and optimal pitch angle

  ORAL

  Nov. 23, 2025, 11:37 AM – Nov. 23, 2025, 11:38 AM

  Presenters

  • Arun Iyer

    • Princeton University

  Authors

  • Arun Iyer

    • Princeton University

  • Akhileshwar Borra

    • Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization

  • Yuna Hattori

    • Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization

  • Julian Jüchter

    • Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg

  • Claudia E Brunner

    • Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization

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• Wake Dynamics of a Wind Turbine with an Oscillating Rotation Rate at High Reynolds Numbers.

  ORAL

  Nov. 23, 2025, 11:38 AM – Nov. 23, 2025, 11:39 AM

  Publication: JFM-2025-1185
  Effects of thrust, tip-speed ratio, and time variations on wind-turbine wakes at high Reynolds numbers
  Wei, Nathaniel; Fleisher, Adina; Kurelek, John; Hultmark, Marcus

  Presenters

  • Adina Y Fleisher

    • Princeton University

  Authors

  • Adina Y Fleisher

    • Princeton University

  • Nathaniel J Wei

    • University of Pennsylvania

  • John W Kurelek

    • Queen's University

  • Marcus Hultmark

    • Princeton University

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• SECOND INTERACT DISCUSSION WITH POSTERS

  COFFEE_KLATCH

  Nov. 23, 2025, 11:39 AM – Nov. 23, 2025, 12:31 PM

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