Study of the Computational Domain Effect on the Aerodynamic Structure Around a Savonius Wind Rotor

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See, stats, and : http : / / www . researchgate . net / publication / 280554251 Study the Wind ARTICLE DOI : 10 . 11648 / j . ijfmts . 20150102 . 11 READS 17 5 , INCLUDING : Sobhi University 12 SEE Zied University 49 SEE Mohamed . Abid Ecole ' Ingénieurs 54 SEE Mohamed The 13 SEE Available : Sobhi Retrieved : 20 Abstract : This study aims to investigate the effect of the computational domain on aerodynamic characteristics of the flow around a Savonius wind rotor . For thus , we have developed a numerical simulation using CFD code . The considered numerical model is based on the resolution of the Navier - Stokes equations in conjunction with the standard k - ε turbulence model . These equations were solved by a finite volume discretization method . Particularly , we are interested to visualize the velocity field , the mean velocity and the static pressure . The good comparison of our numerical results with anterior results confirms the validity of the numerical method .