Computational fluid dynamics(CFD) modeling and experiments have both advantages and disadvantages. Doing both can be complementary, and we can expect more effective understanding of the phenomenon. Although CFD has more advantages than experiments for the prediction where experiments are difficult to carry out, generally when compared with experimental results, it is difficult to obtain reliable results for a large domain by using CFD. However, it is possible to obtain useful CFD results based on verification by the experimental results. Moreover, experiments cannot deliver correct results for any arbitrary condition due to limitations to experimental equipment, measurement errors and problems with measurement systems. Utilizing CFD can complement very fundamental experimental results. In this paper, a wind turbine is used as an example to discuss the verification of experimental results by using CFD.
View full abstract