Intro; Preface; Contents; Experimental and Numerical Wind-Resource Assessment of an University Campus Site; 1 Introduction; 2 Methodology; 2.1 The Campus Site Specification; 2.2 The Full Scale Experiment; 2.3 The Simulation Set-Up; 2.4 The Canopy Model; 3 Results; 3.1 Verification of the Numerical Simulation; 3.2 Accelerated Flow Around and Above the Buildings; 4 Conclusion and Outlook; References; Measurements of Semi-urban Gust Factors for Wind Load Determination; 1 Introduction; 2 The Generalized Extreme Value Distribution; 3 The Measurement Site and Data Processing; 4 Results

5 ConclusionReferences; Generation of Uniform Turbulence Profiles in the Wind Tunnel for Urban VAWT Testing; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Wind Harvesting in Urban Areas; 1.2 The Importance of Turbulence; 2 Methodology; 2.1 Wind Tunnel and Measurement Techniques; 2.2 Squared Grids to Generate Turbulence; 2.3 Parametric Study to Achieve Uniform Turbulence Profiles; 2.4 Generation of Different Levels of Turbulence; 2.5 Testing of the VAWT; 3 Results; 3.1 Power Curves in Different Turbulence Conditions; 3.2 Uncertainties Calculation; 4 Conclusions; 4.1 Future Developments; References

Operational Behaviour of SWT1 Scope of Work; 2 Test Site; 3 Test Infrastructure; 4 Small Wind Turbines; 5 Measurement Setup; 5.1 Sensor Alignment; 5.2 Modal Analysis; 5.3 Triggering and Binning; 6 Conclusion; References; Environmental Influences on SWT Vibrations and Oscillations; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Problem; 1.2 Aim of Study; 2 Measurement Concept; 2.1 Small Wind Turbines; 2.2 Measured Parameters; 2.3 Sensors and Data Acquisition; 2.4 Sensor Alignment; 3 Measurement Results; 3.1 Statistical Analysis; 3.2 Spectral Analysis; 4 Conclusion; References

Dynamic Experimental and Numerical Analysis of Loads for a Horizontal Axis Micro Wind Turbine1 Introduction; 2 The Facilities and the Methods; 2.1 The Wind Tunnel; 2.2 The Wind Turbine; 2.3 The FAST Code; 2.4 The Methods; 3 The Results; 3.1 Tower Analysis; 3.2 Tail Analysis; 4 Conclusions and Further Directions; References; Rooftop Siting of a Small Wind Turbine Using a Hybrid BEM-CFD Model; 1 Introduction; 2 Theoretical Approach; 2.1 Modelling of the Atmospheric Boundary Layer; 2.2 Rotor Model; 2.3 Study Cases; 2.4 Computational Grid; 3 Results

3.1 Wind Turbine Performance Characterization in Yawed Flow3.2 Built Environment; 3.3 Turbine Performance in the Built Environment; 4 Conclusions; References; Numerical Wind Tunnel Tests of an Open Data IPC-VAWT; 1 Introduction; 2 VAWT Numerical Model; 2.1 Effective Velocity Model; 3 Results; 3.1 Blade Independent Pitch Control; 3.2 Tip Effects; 3.3 Boundary Condition Effects; 4 Conclusions; References; Wake Measurements of Small-Scale Vertical Axis Wind Turbines at Politecnico Di Milano: A Critical Review; 1 Introduction; 2 Turbine Models; 3 Experimental Set-up