Researcher
Jonathon Sumner
Department of Physics
Dean of Science, Medical Studies and Engineering
Expertise
鈥檚 research uses mathematical models to simulate air flow around wind聽turbines. He was awarded an FRQNT research grant for 2014-17 on 鈥淪imulation des聽茅coulements atmosph茅riques dans un parc 茅olien afin d鈥櫭﹙aluer sa performance et maximiser son聽rendement 脿 partir des 茅quations de Navier-Stokes鈥.
Publications
- Breton S-P, Sumner J, S酶rensen JN, Hansen KS, Sarmast S, Ivanell S. (2017). “A survey of modelling methods for high-fidelity wind farm simulations using large eddy simulation.” Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A, 375: 20160097.
- Sumner, J., Espana, G., Masson, C., & Aubrun, S. (2013). 鈥淓valuation of RANS/actuator聽disk modelling of wind turbine wake flow using wind tunnel measurements.鈥 International聽Journal of Engineering Systems Modelling and Simulation, 5(1), 147-158.
- Sumner, J., Cabez贸n, D., Masson, C., & Crespo, A. (2014).鈥滱 Closer Look at Second-Moment Closure for Wind Farm Analysis.鈥 In Wind Energy-Impact of Turbulence (pp.93-99). Springer Berlin Heidelberg.