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Editorial W IND E NGINEERING VOLUME 33, N O. 3, 2009 This issue, the third one of 2009 contains seven papers on a variety of subjects important to wind engineering in general. The first two papers deal with vertical axis wind turbine (V AWT) technology. The lead paper on this subject is by Wakui and co-authors (Yokoyama and Arase) from Osaka Prefecture University in Japan and investigates the influence of load level on the performance of straight-wind V AW Ts. The second paper in this group is by Fiedler and Tullis from McMaster University (Canada) and discusses the effects of blade offset and pitch on the performance of a high solidity V AWT. The next pair of papers deals with the general subject of wind forecasting and resource assessment. The first one of these is by Collins, Parkes, and Tindal from Garrad Hassan and deals with short-term wind forecasting for utility-scale wind farms. Next, Lubitz from the University of Guelph (Canada) presents an uncertainty investigation for the extrapolation of wind data from lower to higher heights. The fifth and sixth papers of this issue concern wind engineering subjects dealing with offshore wind energy systems. In the first one of this group Perdana and Carlson from Chalmers University of Technology (Sweden) investigate the factors that influence the design of dynamic reactive compensation for an offshore wind farm. The second paper here is by Rivas and others from Ecofys (Netherlands) and the technical University of Denmark presents a mathematical optimization method for positioning wind turbines inside an offshore wind farm. Clausen and four other co-authors from the University of Newcastle and Monash University in Australia and KAPEG, Nepal author the seventh, and last paper, of this issue. This paper describes the construction and performance of hand-carved blades for small wind turbines. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Wind Engineering SAGE

Editorial

Wind Engineering , Volume 33 (3): 1 – May 1, 2009
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SAGE
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© 2009 SAGE Publications
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0309-524X
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W IND E NGINEERING VOLUME 33, N O. 3, 2009 This issue, the third one of 2009 contains seven papers on a variety of subjects important to wind engineering in general. The first two papers deal with vertical axis wind turbine (V AWT) technology. The lead paper on this subject is by Wakui and co-authors (Yokoyama and Arase) from Osaka Prefecture University in Japan and investigates the influence of load level on the performance of straight-wind V AW Ts. The second paper in this group is by Fiedler and Tullis from McMaster University (Canada) and discusses the effects of blade offset and pitch on the performance of a high solidity V AWT. The next pair of papers deals with the general subject of wind forecasting and resource assessment. The first one of these is by Collins, Parkes, and Tindal from Garrad Hassan and deals with short-term wind forecasting for utility-scale wind farms. Next, Lubitz from the University of Guelph (Canada) presents an uncertainty investigation for the extrapolation of wind data from lower to higher heights. The fifth and sixth papers of this issue concern wind engineering subjects dealing with offshore wind energy systems. In the first one of this group Perdana and Carlson from Chalmers University of Technology (Sweden) investigate the factors that influence the design of dynamic reactive compensation for an offshore wind farm. The second paper here is by Rivas and others from Ecofys (Netherlands) and the technical University of Denmark presents a mathematical optimization method for positioning wind turbines inside an offshore wind farm. Clausen and four other co-authors from the University of Newcastle and Monash University in Australia and KAPEG, Nepal author the seventh, and last paper, of this issue. This paper describes the construction and performance of hand-carved blades for small wind turbines.

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Published: May 1, 2009

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