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Associate Professor David Wood

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Research

Research Interests

  • Wind turbine aerodynamics, renewable energy, experimental aerodynamics, computational fluid mechanics, evolutionary optimisation
  • Editor for Aerodynamics and Small Turbines, "Wind Engineering"
  • Consulting activities in air flow and velocity measurements, commercialisation of small wind turbine technology
  • Holder of patents for wind turbine blade and controller design

Conference Papers

  • Clausen Philip Douglas, Peterson Paul Lenard, Wilson Sturt Vincent Russell, Wood David Howe, ’Advanced blades for small wind turbines’, Solar07: ANZSES Australian and New Zealand Solar Energy Society. Conference Proceedings, Alice Springs, NT (2007) [E1]
  • Wright Andrew Kirkland, Wood David Howe, ’Small Wind Turbine Yaw Behaviour’, Destination Renewables Conference from Research to Market Proceedings (CD), Melbourne, Australia (2003) [E1]
    • Wood David Howe, ’Analysis of Wind Turbine Wakes at High Thrust’, Wind Energy for the New Millenium: Proceedings European Wind Energy Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark (2001) [E2]
  • Wood David Howe, Li D, ’How Accurately is a Helical Vortex Represented by Straight Segments?’, Proceedings of the 14th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, Adelaide, Australia (2001) [E1]
  • Wood David Howe, Robotham T, ’Design and testing of high performance blades for a 600W horizontal-axis wind turbine’, Proceedings of the Australian Wind Energy Conference, Newcastle (1999) [E1]
  • Mayer C, Bechly Matthew Eric, Hampsey Mark, Wood David Howe, ’The starting behaviour of a small horizontal-axis wind turbine’, Proceedings of the World Renerable Energy Congress, Perth (1999) [E1]
  • Wood David Howe, ’Wind Power for the Pacific Region’, Proceedings of the Symposium on New and Alternative Energy Technologies, Sydney (1999) [E1]
  • Wood David Howe, ’Wind energy and its applications in Asia’, Proceedings of the International Senior Executive Seminar on Renewable Energy: Education and Training, Bangkok (1999) [E1]
  • Wood David Howe, ’Wind energy and its applications in Asia (Invited paper)’, Proceedings of the International Senior Executive Seminar on Renewable Energy: Education and Training, Bangkok (1999) [E1]
  • Guo Yuhua, Hooper J D, Wood David Howe, ’Instanteneous Velocity and Pressure Measurements in a Plane Turbulent Mixing Layer’, Proceedings of 13th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference (2 volumes), Melbourne, Australia (1998) [E1]
  • Guo Yuhua, Wood David Howe, ’Three-Dimensionality of a Plane Mixing Layer’, Proceedings of 13th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference (2 volumes), Melbourne, Australia (1998) [E1]

Journal Articles

  • Wood David Howe, ’A simple force analysis for the raising and lowering of a small wind turbine and tower’, Wind Engineering, 31 211-216 (2007) [C1] doi:10.1260/030952407781998783
  • Clifton-Smith Matthew John, Wood David Howe, ’Further dual purpose evolutionary optimization of small wind turbine blades’, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 75 1-9 (2007) doi:10.1088/1742-6596/75/1/012017
  • Wood David Howe, ’Comment on "Rotational effects on the boundary-layer flow in wind turbines"’, AIAA Journal, 43 2268-2269 (2005) [C1] doi:10.2514/1.9295
  • Wood David Howe, ’Dual purpose design of small wind turbine blades’, Wind Engineering, 28 511-527 (2004) [C1]
  • Wright Andrew Kirkland, Wood David Howe, ’The starting and low wind speed behaviour of a small horizontal axis wind turbine’, Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, 92 1265-1729 (2004) [C1]
  • Wood David Howe, ’Method to Improve the Accuracy of Straight-Segment Representation of Helical Vortices’, AIAA Journal, 41 256-262 (2003) [C1]
  • Guo Yuhua, Wood David Howe, ’X-probe measurements of probability distributions in a turbulent mixing layer’, Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 27 159-165 (2003) [C1]
  • Wood David Howe, Li Jd, ’Assessment of the accuracy of representing a helical vortex by straight segments’, AIAA Journal, 40 647-651 (2002) [C1]
  • Wood David Howe, ’Generic Vortex Modelling for Horizontal Axis Wind Turbines’, Wind Engineering, 26 71-84 (2002) [C1]
  • Guo Yuhua, Wood David Howe, ’Measurements in the vicinity of a stagnation point’, Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 25 605-614 (2002) [C1] doi:10.1016/S0894-1777(01)00115-7
  • Bechly Matthew Eric, Gutierrez H, Streiner S, Wood David Howe, ’Modelling the Yaw Behaviour of a Small Wind Turbine’, Wind Engineering, 26 223-239 (2002) [C1]
  • Ebert Paul Raymond, Wood David Howe, ’The near wake of a model horizontal-axis wind turbine at runaway’, Renewable Energy, 25 41-54 (2002) [C1]
  • Wood David Howe, ’An Improved Determination of the Tower Height That Maximises the Power Output per Unit Cost of a Small Wind Turbine’, Wind Engineering, 25 191-196 (2001) [C1]
  • Wood David Howe, ’Determination of the Optimum Tower Height for a Small Wind Turbine’, International Journal of Renewable Energy Engineering, 3 356-359 (2001) [C1]
  • Wood David Howe, ’Effect of Tip Vortex Geometry on the Flow Through the Blades of Hovering Rotors’, Journal of Aircraft, 38 583-584 (2001) [C1]
  • Guo Yuhua, Wood David Howe, ’Instantaneous Velocity and Pressure Measurements in Turbulent Mixing Layers’, Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 24 139-150 (2001) [C1] doi:10.1016/S0894-1777(01)00046-2
  • Wood David Howe, Boersma J, ’On the Motion of Multiple Helical Vortices’, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 447 149-171 (2001) [C1]
  • Clausen Philip Douglas, Wood David Howe, ’Recent advances in small wind turbine technology’, WindEngineering, 24 189-201 (2000) [C1]
  • Ebert P R, Wood David Howe, ’The near wake of a model horizontal-axis wind turbine. Part 3: properties of the tip and hub vortices’, Renewable Energy, 22 461-472 (2000) [C1]
  • Mayer C, Bechly Matthew Eric, Hampsey Mark, Wood David Howe, ’The starting behaviour of a small horizontal-axis wind turbine’, Renewable Energy, 22 411-417 (2000) [C1]
  • Hampsey Mark, Wood David Howe, ’Designing small wind turbines for optimal starting and power extraction’, Wind Engineering, 23 31-40 (1999) [C1]
  • Hampsey Mark, Wood David Howe, ’Designing small wind turbines for optimal starting and power extraction’, Wind Engineering, 23 31-40 (1999) [C1]
  • Boersma J, Wood David Howe, ’On the self-induced motion of a helical vortex’, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 384 263-280 (1999) [C1]
  • Clausen Philip Douglas, Wood David Howe, ’Research and development issues for small wind turbines’, Renewable Energy, 16 922-927 (1999) [C1]
  • Ebert P R, Wood David Howe, ’The near wake of a model horizontal-axis wind turbine - II. General features of the three-dimensional flowfield’, Renewable Energy, 18 513-534 (1999) [C1]
  • Wood David Howe, ’The velocity of the tip vortex of a horizontal-axis wind turbine at high tip speed ratio’, Renewable Energy, 13 51-54 (1998) [C1]

Grants and Funding

  • Mr Matthew Clifton-Smith;Assoc. Prof David Wood;Dr Philip Clausen, CSIRO Energy Technology, Scholarship - Postgraduate Research Scholarship, ‘Systems modelling for small wind turbines and renewable energy installations’, $21,000
  • Dr Philip Clausen;Assoc. Prof David Wood, University of Newcastle, Project - Project Grant, ‘Dynamic and performance of small wind turbine.’, $8,284
  • Assoc. Prof David Wood, University of Newcastle, Project - Project Grant, ‘Yaw performance of small wind turbines’, $10,666
  • Dr Philip Clausen;Assoc. Prof David Wood, University of Newcastle, Project - Project Grant, ‘An Erosion Model for Fibre Reinforced Plastics’, $11,000
  • Assoc. Prof David Wood, Australian Research Council, Project - Large Grant, ‘Starting Performance and Wake Modelling of Horizontal-Axis Wind Turbines’, $149,000
  • Dr Philip Clausen;Assoc. Prof David Wood, Australian Research Council, Collaborative - Strategic Partnerships with Industry - Research & Training Scheme (SPIRT), ‘Fatigue test procedure for small wind turbine blades’, $70,500
  • Dr Philip Clausen;Assoc. Prof David Wood, Australian Research Council, Project - Small Grant, ‘Fatigue Test Procedure for Small Wind Turbine Blades.’, $14,000
  • Dr Philip Clausen;Assoc. Prof David Wood, Biomass Energy Services and Technology Pty Ltd, Project - Research Grant, ‘Fatigue test procedure for small wind turbine blades’, $15,000
  • Assoc. Prof David Wood, CRC for Renewable Energy Ltd, Project - ACRE Research Project, ‘Improvement of the performance and economics of small high efficiency Wind Turbines’, $216,000
  • Assoc. Prof David Wood, Australian Research Council, Project - Large Grant, ‘WIND TURBINE AERODYNAMICS’, $105,000
  • Assoc. Prof David Wood, State Energy Research & Development Fund, Project - Research, Development & Demonstration project proposals, ‘Project Scratchley.’, $105,000
  • Assoc. Prof David Wood;Dr Philip Clausen, Australian Research Council, Project - Small Grant, ‘Turbulent Helical Vortices’, $10,000
  • Assoc. Prof David Wood;Dr Philip Clausen, Australian Research Council, Project - Large Grant, ‘Measurements in Three Dimensional Turbulent Flows’, $30,000
  • Assoc. Prof David Wood, Australian Research Council, Project - Large Grant, ‘Measurements In Three-dimensional Turbulent Flows.’, $33,000
  • Assoc. Prof David Wood;Dr Philip Clausen, Australian Research Council, Collaborative - Strategic Partnerships with Industry - Research & Training Scheme (SPIRT), ‘Wind Turbine Design For Remote Area Power Systems.’, $60,300
  • Assoc. Prof David Wood, Australian Research Council, Project - Large Grant, ‘Measurements In Three Dimensional Turbulent Flows’, $30,000
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