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Michele Messina
Researcher at University of Catania
Publications - 64
Citations - 1569
Michele Messina is an academic researcher from University of Catania. The author has contributed to research in topics: Turbine & Combustion. The author has an hindex of 15, co-authored 61 publications receiving 1323 citations. Previous affiliations of Michele Messina include University of Messina.
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Fluid dynamics wind turbine design: Critical analysis, optimization and application of BEM theory
TL;DR: In this article, a mathematical model for fluid dynamics wind turbine design based on the blade element momentum theory has been implemented and improved, and several simulations were performed in order to maximize the agreement between the simulated and experimental data.
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2D CFD Modeling of H-Darrieus Wind Turbines Using a Transition Turbulence Model
TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe the strategy to develop a 2D CFD model of H-Darrieus wind turbines, which is implemented in ANSYS Fluent solver to predict wind turbines performance and optimize its geometry.
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Wind turbine CFD modeling using a correlation-based transitional model
TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe the development of a Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine 3D CFD model using the Ansys Fluent solver to predict wind turbine performance and evaluate the capabilities of the 1D model based on BEM Theory.
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A low-cost lightweight climbing robot for the inspection of vertical surfaces
TL;DR: In this article, a climbing robot with eight suction cups was proposed to change its climbing direction to carry an ultrasonic probe or other non-destructive tests (NDT) equipment to evaluate the thickness and integrity of the metal in the inspection of storage tanks.
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Design of a vertical-axis wind turbine: how the aspect ratio affects the turbine’s performance
TL;DR: In this paper, the link between the aspect ratio of a vertical-axis straight-bladed (H-Rotor) wind turbine and its performance (power coefficient) was analyzed.