This may be an acceptable verification approach given the lack of experimental data on the aerodynamics of crosswind kites. Although some flow features in the kite simulation, such as wake rotation, is absent from the airfoil/wing simulations, still, these two simulations and the kite simulation ...
Studies on kite performance assessment as ship propulsion device are based on zero-mass assumption (e.g., Wellicome and Wilkinson [20], Naaijen et al. [2], Dadd et al. [21] and Leloup et al. [1]). In addition, a linear evolution of the kite aerodynamics with the radius of ...
Studies on kite performance assessment as ship propulsion device are based on zero-mass assumption (e.g., Wellicome and Wilkinson [20], Naaijen et al. [2], Dadd et al. [21] and Leloup et al. [1]). In addition, a linear evolution of the kite aerodynamics with the radius of ...