Publications
Journal Papers
[--] Smyth, A. S. M., Nishino, T. & Zurman-Nasution, A. (----) "Coupled unsteady actuator disc and linear theory of an oscillating foil propulsor," submitted.
[--] Juniper, M. C. R. & Nishino, T. (----) "A self-similar momentum deficit model for mixing in multi-row turbine arrays," submitted.
[49] Pahus, M. L., Nishino, T., Kirby, A. & Vogel, C. R. (2024) "Control co-design of a large offshore wind farm considering the effect of wind extractability," accepted for publication.
[48] Kirby, A., Dunstan, T. D. & Nishino, T. (2023) "An analytical model of momentum availability for predicting large wind farm power," Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 976, A24, 22pp. https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2023.844
[47] Kirby, A., Briol, F.-X., Dunstan, T. D. & Nishino, T. (2023) "Data-driven modelling of turbine wake interactions and flow resistance in large wind farms," Wind Energy, Vol. 26, pp. 968-984. https://doi.org/10.1002/we.2851
[46] Juniper, M. C. R. & Nishino, T. (2023) "Single and multi-row turbine performance in bounded shear flow," Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 957, A10, 25pp. https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2023.49
[45] Legris, L., Pahus, M. L., Nishino, T. & Perez-Campos, E. (2023) "Prediction and mitigation of wind farm blockage losses considering mesoscale atmospheric response," Energies, Vol. 16, 386, 17pp. https://doi.org/10.3390/en16010386
[44] Kirby, A., Nishino, T. & Dunstan, T. D. (2022) "Two-scale interaction of wake and blockage effects in large wind farms," Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 953, A39, 28pp. https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2022.979 ### Featured in Focus on Fluids, March 2023 ###
[43] Juniper, M. C. R. & Nishino, T. (2022) "A data-informed analytic model for turbine power prediction with anisotropic local blockage effects," Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Vol. 2265 (TORQUE 2022, Delft, Netherlands), 022046, 10pp. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2265/2/022046
[42] Ma, L., Delafin, P.-L., Tsoutsanis, P., Antoniadis, A. & Nishino, T. (2022) "Blade-resolved CFD simulations of a periodic array of NREL 5 MW rotors with and without towers," Wind, Vol. 2, 51-67. https://doi.org/10.3390/wind2010004
[41] Patel, K., Dunstan, T. D. & Nishino, T. (2021) "Time-dependent upper limits to the performance of large wind farms due to mesoscale atmospheric response," Energies, Vol. 14, 6437, 16pp. https://doi.org/10.3390/en14196437
[40] Ouro, P. & Nishino, T. (2021) "Performance and wake characteristics of tidal turbines in an infinitely large array," Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 925, A30, 32pp. https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2021.692
[39] Ma, L., Dunstan, T. D. & Nishino, T. (2020) "Analysing momentum balance over a large wind farm using a numerical weather prediction model," Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Vol. 1618 (TORQUE 2020, Online), 062010, 9pp. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/1618/6/062010
[38] Nishino, T. & Dunstan, T. D. (2020) "Two-scale momentum theory for time-dependent modelling of large wind farms," Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 894, A2, 24pp. https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2020.252
[37] Zhao, R., Creech, A. C. W., Borthwick, A. G. L., Venugopal, V. & Nishino, T. (2020) "Aerodynamic analysis of a two-bladed vertical-axis wind turbine using a coupled unsteady RANS and actuator line model," Energies, Vol. 13, 776, 26pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en13040776
[36] Ma, L., Nishino, T. & Antoniadis, A. F. (2019) "Prediction of the impact of support structures on the aerodynamic performance of large wind farms," Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, Vol. 11, 063306, 13pp. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5120602
[35] Liu, D. & Nishino, T. (2019) "Unsteady RANS simulations of strong and weak 3D stall cells on a 2D pitching aerofoil," Fluids, Vol. 4, 40, 22pp. https://doi.org/10.3390/fluids4010040
[34] Borouji, E. & Nishino, T. (2019) "Fluid structure interaction simulations of the NREL 5MW wind turbine-Part I: aerodynamics and blockage effect," Transactions of the ASME: Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, Vol. 141, 021801, 10pp. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4040980
[33] Nishino, T. & Hunter, W. (2018) "Tuning turbine rotor design for very large wind farms," Proceedings of the Royal Society A, Vol. 474, 20180237, 20pp. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2018.0237
[32] Liu, D. & Nishino, T. (2018) "Numerical analysis on the oscillation of stall cells over a NACA 0012 aerofoil," Computers & Fluids, Vol. 175, pp. 246-259. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compfluid.2018.08.016
[31] Richmond, M., Kolios, A., Pillai, V. S., Nishino, T. & Wang, L. (2018) "Development of a stochastic computational fluid dynamics approach for offshore wind farms," Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Vol. 1037 (TORQUE 2018, Milan, Italy), 072034, 10pp. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/1037/7/072034
[30] Ma, L. & Nishino, T. (2018) "Preliminary estimate of the impact of support structures on the aerodynamic performance of very large wind farms," Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Vol. 1037 (TORQUE 2018, Milan, Italy), 072036, 10pp. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/1037/7/072036
[29] Tartari, F. & Nishino, T. (2017) "Numerical study on the limit of power extraction by a dense cross-stream array of wind turbines," European Journal of Mechanics B/Fluids, Vol. 65, pp. 350-358. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euromechflu.2017.06.003
[28] Delafin, P.-L. & Nishino, T. (2017) "Momentum balance in a fully developed boundary layer over a staggered array of NREL 5MW rotors," Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Vol. 854 (Wake Conference 2017, Visby, Sweden), 012009, 10pp. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/854/1/012009
[27] Zapata, A., Nishino, T. & Delafin, P.-L. (2017) "Theoretically optimal turbine resistance in very large wind farms," Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Vol. 854 (Wake Conference 2017, Visby, Sweden), 012051, 10pp. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/854/1/012051
[26] Delafin, P.-L., Nishino, T., Kolios, A. & Wang, L. (2017) "Comparison of low-order aerodynamic models and RANS CFD for full scale 3D vertical axis wind turbines," Renewable Energy, Vol. 109, pp. 564-575. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2017.03.065
[25] Creed, M., Draper, S., Nishino, T. & Borthwick, A. G. L. (2017) "Flow through a very porous obstacle in a shallow channel," Proceedings of the Royal Society A, Vol. 473, 20160672. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2016.0672
[24] Fisher, R., Nishino, T. & Savill, M. (2017) "Numerical analysis of a bidirectional synthetic jet for active flow control," AIAA Journal, Vol. 55, pp. 1064-1069. http://dx.doi.org/10.2514/1.J055081
[23] Manni, L., Nishino, T. & Delafin, P.-L. (2016) "Numerical study of airfoil stall cells using a very wide computational domain," Computers & Fluids, Vol. 140, pp. 260-269. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compfluid.2016.09.023
[22] Zanforlin, S. & Nishino, T. (2016) "Fluid dynamic mechanisms of enhanced power generation by closely spaced vertical axis wind turbines," Renewable Energy, Vol. 99, pp. 1213-1226. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2016.08.015
[21] Delafin, P.-L., Nishino, T., Wang, L. & Kolios, A. (2016) "Effect of the number of blades and solidity on the performance of a vertical axis wind turbine," Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Vol. 753 (TORQUE 2016, Munich, Germany), 022033, 8pp. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/753/2/022033
[20] Nishino, T. (2016) "Two-scale momentum theory for very large wind farms," Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Vol. 753 (TORQUE 2016, Munich, Germany), 032054, 10pp. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/753/3/032054
[19] Wang, L., Kolios, A., Nishino, T., Delafin, P.-L. & Bird, T. (2016) "Structural optimisation of vertical-axis wind turbine composite blades based on finite element analysis and genetic algorithm," Composite Structures, Vol. 153, pp. 123-138. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2016.06.003
[18] Draper, S., Nishino, T., Adcock, T. A. A. & Taylor, P. H. (2016) "Performance of an ideal turbine in an inviscid shear flow," Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 796, pp. 86-112. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2016.247
[17] Sarlak, H., Nishino, T., Martínez-Tossas, L. A., Meneveau, C. & Sørensen, J. N. (2016) "Assessment of blockage effects on the wake characteristics and power of wind turbines," Renewable Energy, Vol. 93, pp. 340-352. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2016.01.101
[16] Nishino, T. & Draper, S. (2015) "Local blockage effect for wind turbines," Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Vol. 625 (Wake Conference 2015, Visby, Sweden), 012010, 10pp. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/625/1/012010
[15] Hunter, W., Nishino, T. & Willden, R. H. J. (2015) "Investigation of tidal turbine array tuning using 3D Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes simulations," International Journal of Marine Energy, Vol. 10, pp. 39-51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijome.2015.01.002
[14] Adcock, T. A. A., Draper, S. & Nishino, T. (2015) "Tidal power generation - a review of hydrodynamic modelling," Proceedings of the IMechE, Part A: Journal of Power and Energy, Vol. 229, pp. 755-771. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0957650915570349
[13] Draper, S. & Nishino, T. (2014) “Centred and staggered arrangements of tidal turbines,” Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 739, pp. 72-93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2013.593
[12] Nishino, T. & Willden, R. H. J. (2013) “Two-scale dynamics of flow past a partial cross-stream array of tidal turbines,” Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 730, pp. 220-244. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2013.340
[11] Nishino, T. & Willden, R. H. J. (2012) “The efficiency of an array of tidal turbines partially blocking a wide channel,” Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 708, pp. 596-606. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2012.349
[10] Nishino, T. & Willden, R. H. J. (2012) “Effects of 3-D channel blockage and turbulent wake mixing on the limit of power extraction by tidal turbines,” International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, Vol. 37, pp.123-135. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatfluidflow.2012.05.002
[9] Nishino, T. & Shariff, K. (2012) “Effect of jet nozzle-lip momentum loss on circulation control airfoil performance,” AIAA Journal, Vol. 50, pp. 551-558. http://dx.doi.org/10.2514/1.J051196
[8] Rumsey, C. L. & Nishino, T. (2011) “Numerical study comparing RANS and LES approaches on a circulation control airfoil,” International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, Vol. 32, pp. 847-864. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatfluidflow.2011.06.011
[7] Nishino, T., Hahn, S. & Shariff, K. (2010) “Large-eddy simulations of a turbulent Coanda jet on a circulation control airfoil,” Physics of Fluids, Vol. 22, 125105, 15pp. http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3526757
[6] Nishino, T. & Shariff, K. (2010) “Numerical study of wind-tunnel sidewall effects on circulation control airfoil flows,” AIAA Journal, Vol. 48, pp. 2123-2132. http://dx.doi.org/10.2514/1.J050328
[5] Nishino, T. & Szmyd, J. S. (2010) “Numerical analysis of a cell-based indirect internal reforming tubular solid oxide fuel cell operating with biogas,” Transactions of the ASME: Journal of Fuel Cell Science and Technology, Vol. 7, 051004, 8pp. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/1.4000998
[4] Nishino, T. & Roberts, G. T. (2008) “Absolute and convective instabilities of two-dimensional bluff body wakes in ground effect,” European Journal of Mechanics B/Fluids, Vol. 27, pp. 539-551. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.euromechflu.2007.09.006
[3] Nishino, T., Roberts, G. T. & Zhang, X. (2008) “Unsteady RANS and detached-eddy simulations of flow around a circular cylinder in ground effect,” Journal of Fluids and Structures, Vol. 24, pp. 18-33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jfluidstructs.2007.06.002
[2] Nishino, T., Roberts, G. T. & Zhang, X. (2007) “Vortex shedding from a circular cylinder near a moving ground,” Physics of Fluids, Vol. 19, 025103, 12pp. http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2710273
[1] Nishino, T., Iwai, H. & Suzuki, K. (2006) “Comprehensive numerical modeling and analysis of a cell-based indirect internal reforming tubular SOFC,” Transactions of the ASME: Journal of Fuel Cell Science and Technology, Vol. 3, pp. 33-44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/1.2133804
Conference Papers (from 2009 to Present)
Smyth, A. S. M., Nishino, T. & Young, A. M. (2023) "Effect of unsteady uniform inflow on the stability of tidal turbine wake vortices," 15th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference (EWTEC 2023), Bilbao, Spain, 3-7 September, 7pp.
Juniper, M. C. R. & Nishino, T. (2020) "Multi-row extension to laterally confined actuator disk model using a hybrid inviscid-viscous approach," 16th EAWE PhD Seminar on Wind Energy, Online, 14-16 December, pp. 33-40.
Zhao, R., Creech, A. C. W., Borthwick, A. G. L., Nishino, T. & Venugopal, V. (2020) "Numerical model of a vertical-axis cross-flow tidal turbine," 39th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering (OMAE2020), Online, 3-7 August, 8pp.
Nishino, T. & Draper, S. (2019) "Theoretical prediction of the efficiency of very large turbine arrays: combined effects of local blockage and wake mixing," 7th Oxford Tidal Energy Workshop (OTE 2019), Oxford, UK, 8-9 April, pp. 31-32.
Zhao, R., Creech, A., Borthwick, A. & Nishino, T. (2019) "Numerical modelling of a vertical-axis cross-flow turbine," 7th Oxford Tidal Energy Workshop (OTE 2019), Oxford, UK, 8-9 April, pp. 41-42.
Nishino, T. (2018) "Generalisation of the two-scale momentum theory for coupled wind turbine/farm optimisation," 25th National Symposium on Wind Engineering, Tokyo, Japan, 3-5 December, pp. 97-102. https://doi.org/10.14887/kazekosymp.25.0_97
Dunstan, T., Murai, T. & Nishino, T. (2018) "Validation of a theoretical model for large turbine array performance under realistic atmospheric conditions," Paper 13A.3, AMS 23rd Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence, Oklahoma City, OK, USA, 11-15 June, 5pp. https://ams.confex.com/ams/23BLT21ASI/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/344919
Liu, D., Delafin, P.-L. & Nishino, T. (2017) "Unsteady RANS analysis on the oscillation of stall cells over a NACA 0012 aerofoil," CFD2017-109, 25th Annual Conference of the CFD Society of Canada, Windsor, Canada, 18-20 June, 8pp.
Cicirello, E., Collu, M., Delafin, P.-L., Nishino, T. & Zanforlin, S. (2016) "A simplified aerodynamic model for floating VAWTs," EUROMECH Colloquium 583: Scientific and Technological Challenges in Offshore Vertical Axis Wind Turbines, Delft, Netherlands, 7-9 September, 2pp.
Delafin, P.-L., Nishino, T., Wang, L., Kolios, A. & Bird, T. (2015) "Comparison of RANS CFD and lower-order aerodynamic models for 3D Vertical Axis Wind Turbines," EWEA 2015 Annual Event, Paris, France, 17-20 November, 7pp.
Wang, L., Kolios, A., Delafin, P.-L., Nishino, T. & Bird, T. (2015) "Fluid structure interaction modelling of a novel 10MW vertical-axis wind turbine rotor based on computational fluid dynamics and finite element analysis," EWEA 2015 Annual Event, Paris, France, 17-20 November, 9pp.
Sarlak, H., Nishino, T. & Sørensen, J. N. (2015) "URANS simulations of separated flow with stall cells over an NREL S826 airfoil," 13th International Conference of Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics (ICNAAM 2015), Rhodes, Greece, 22-28 September, 4pp. http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4951795
Perez-Campos, E. & Nishino, T. (2015) "Numerical validation of the two-scale actuator disc theory for marine turbine arrays," 11th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference (EWTEC 2015), Nantes, France, 7-10 September, 8pp.
Draper, S., Nishino, T. & Adcock, T. (2014) "Turbine blockage in non-uniform flow," 19th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 8-11 December, 4pp.
Hunter, W., Nishino, T. & Willden, R. H. J. (2014) "Implementation and validation of an actuator line class for wind and tidal turbines," 9th OpenFOAM Workshop, Zagreb, Croatia, 23-26 June, 2pp.
Willden, R. H. J., Nishino, T. & Schluntz, J. (2014) "Tidal stream energy: designing for blockage," 3rd Oxford Tidal Energy Workshop (OTE 2014), Oxford, UK, 7-8 April, pp. 27-28.
Draper, S., Nishino, T., Adcock, T. A. A. & Houlsby, G. T. (2014) "Wind and tidal turbines in uniform flow," 3rd Oxford Tidal Energy Workshop (OTE 2014), Oxford, UK, 7-8 April, pp. 21-22.
Nishino, T. & Willden, R. H. J. (2013) "Energetics of marine turbine arrays - extraction, dissipation and diminution," International Symposium on Marine and Offshore Renewable Energy (MORE 2013), Tokyo, Japan, 28-30 October, 8pp.
Hunter, W., Nishino, T. & Willden, R. H. J. (2013) "Investigation of tidal turbine arrays using 3D Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes simulations," 10th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference (EWTEC 2013), Aalborg, Denmark, 2-5 September, 9pp.
Nishino, T. & Willden, R. H. J. (2013) "The efficiency of tidal fences: a brief review and further discussion on the effect of wake mixing," 32nd International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering (OMAE2013), Nantes, France, 9-14 June, 10pp. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/OMAE2013-10207
Nishino, T. (2013) "Beyond the Betz theory - blockage, wake mixing and turbulence," 2nd Oxford Tidal Energy Workshop (OTE 2013), Oxford, UK, 18-19 March, pp. 21-22.
Nishino, T. & Willden, R. H. J. (2012) "Low-order modelling of blade-induced turbulence for RANS actuator disk computations of wind and tidal turbines," EUROMECH Colloquium 528: Wind Energy and the Impact of Turbulence on the Conversion Process, Oldenburg, Germany, 22-24 February, 6pp. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-54696-9_23
Nishino, T., Hahn, S. & Shariff, K. (2010) "LES of high-Reynolds-number Coanda flow separating from a rounded trailing edge of a circulation control airfoil," 8th International ERCOFTAC Symposium on Engineering Turbulence Modelling and Measurements (ETMM8), Marseille, France, 9-11 June, pp. 121-126.
Nishino, T., Hahn, S. & Shariff, K. (2010) "Calculation of the Turbulence Characteristics of Flow Around a Circulation Control Airfoil Using LES (Invited Paper)," AIAA Paper 2010-347, 48th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Orlando, FL, USA, 4-7 January, 15pp.
Nishino, T. & Shariff, K. (2009) "Direct numerical simulation of a swept-wing boundary layer with an array of discrete roughness elements," Seventh IUTAM Symposium on Laminar-Turbulent Transition, Stockholm, Sweden, 23-26 June, 6pp. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3723-7_46