Pier Francesco Melani

Power augmentation of Darrieus wind turbine blades using trapped vortex cavity

Ahmed Ibrahim, Ahmed El-Baz, Pier Francesco Melani et al. · Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics · 2022 · 33 citations

Engineering, Wind Power Generation, Wind Turbines +9

Tailoring the actuator line theory to the simulation of Vertical-Axis Wind Turbines

Pier Francesco Melani, Francesco Balduzzi, Giovanni Ferrara et al. · Energy Conversion and Management · 2021 · 29 citations · Full text

Floating Wind Turbine, Engineering, Actuator Line Theory +9

Combined Numerical and Experimental Study on the Use of Gurney Flaps for the Performance Enhancement of NACA0021 Airfoil in Static and Dynamic Conditions

Francesco Balduzzi, David Holst, Pier Francesco Melani et al. · Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power · 2020 · 29 citations

Aeroacoustics, Engineering, Aoa Range +16

How to extract the angle attack on airfoils in cycloidal motion from a flow field solved with computational fluid dynamics? Development and verification of a robust computational procedure

Pier Francesco Melani, Francesco Balduzzi, Giovanni Ferrara et al. · Energy Conversion and Management · 2020 · 26 citations · Full text

Unsteady Flow, Engineering, Cycloidal Motion +7

Development of a desmodromic variable pitch system for hydrokinetic turbines

Pier Francesco Melani, Francesco Balduzzi, Giovanni Ferrara et al. · Energy Conversion and Management · 2021 · 24 citations · Full text

Engineering, Wind Power Generation, Mechanical Systems +3