Research Summary
Mark Miller's research is focused on experimental investigations of full-scale wind turbine aerodynamics. This work has the objective of providing a more complete understanding of Reynolds number effects on parameters such as the power produced, thrust loading, and wake structure scaling.
Interests include experimental fluid mechanics, MEMs sensor development, wind turbine modeling and design, and high Reynolds number flows.
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Recent Publications
Inviscid analysis of horizontal axis wind turbines using distributed vorticity elements
Basom, B. J., Miller, M. A., Kandias, C. S., Coder, J. G., Schmitz, S. & Maughmer, M. D., Mar 1 2024, In: Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy. 16, 2, 023308.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Hexagonal roughness characterization in turbulent flow
Miller, M. A., Rahman, Z. M. & Bailey, S. C. C., May 2024, In: Experiments in Fluids. 65, 5, 66.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Dominant flow features in the wake of a wind turbine at high Reynolds numbers
Piqué, A., Miller, M. A. & Hultmark, M., May 1 2022, In: Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy. 14, 3, 033304.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Laboratory investigation of the near and intermediate wake of a wind turbine at very high Reynolds numbers
Piqué, A., Miller, M. A. & Hultmark, M., Jun 2022, In: Experiments in Fluids. 63, 6, 106.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Solidity effects on the performance of vertical-axis wind turbines
Miller, M. A., Duvvuri, S. & Hultmark, M., Sep 22 2021, In: Flow. 1, E9.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Characterization of the wake behind a horizontal-axis wind turbine (HAWT) at very high Reynolds numbers
Pique, A., Miller, M. A. & Hultmark, M., Sep 22 2020, In: Journal of Physics: Conference Series. 1618, 6, 062039.Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article › peer-review
A double-multiple streamtube model for vertical axis wind turbines of arbitrary rotor loading
Ayati, A. A., Steiros, K., Miller, A. M., Duvvuri, S. & Hultmark, M., Dec 11 2019, In: Wind Energy Science. 4, 4, p. 653-662 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Horizontal axis wind turbine testing at high Reynolds numbers
Miller, M. A., Kiefer, J., Westergaard, C., Hansen, M. O. L. & Hultmark, M., Nov 18 2019, In: Physical Review Fluids. 4, 11, 110504.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Rotor solidity effects on the performance of vertical-axis wind turbines at high Reynolds numbers
Miller, M. A., Duvvuri, S., Kelly, W. D. & Hultmark, M., Jun 19 2018, In: Journal of Physics: Conference Series. 1037, 5, 052015.Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article › peer-review
Vertical-axis wind turbine experiments at full dynamic similarity
Miller, M. A., Duvvuri, S., Brownstein, I., Lee, M., Dabiri, J. O. & Hultmark, M., Jun 10 2018, In: Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 844, p. 707-720 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Effects of finite aspect ratio on wind turbine airfoil measurements
Kiefer, J., Miller, M. A., Hultmark, M. & Hansen, M. O. L., Oct 3 2016, In: Journal of Physics: Conference Series. 753, 2, 022040.Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article › peer-review
Model Wind Turbines Tested at Full-Scale Similarity
Miller, M. A., Kiefer, J., Westergaard, C. & Hultmark, M., Oct 3 2016, In: Journal of Physics: Conference Series. 753, 3, 032018.Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article › peer-review
Evaluation of hot-wire spatial filtering corrections for wall turbulence and correction for end-conduction effects
Miller, M. A., Estejab, B. & Bailey, S. C. C., May 2014, In: Experiments in Fluids. 55, 5, 1735.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Investigation of the scaling of roughness and blowing effects on turbulent channel flow
Miller, M. A., Martin, A. & Bailey, S. C. C., Feb 2014, In: Experiments in Fluids. 55, 2, 1675.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review