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CALCULATION OF AERODYNAMIC FORCE ON HORIZONTAL AXIS WIND TURBINE ROTOR EXERTED BY TOWER EFFECT Yutaka HASEGAWA*1, Junsuke MURATA*2, Hiroshi IMAMURA*3, Shinya HOTTA*4 and Koji KIKUYAMA*5 *1Ecotopia Science Institute, Nagoya University Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan, phone: +81-52-789-2711, fax: +8 1-52-789-5123 e-mail: hasegawa@mech.nagoya-u.ac.jp*1 *2,4Department of Mechanical Science, Nagoya University Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan, phone: +81-52-789-2712, fax: +8 1-52-789-5123 e-mail: h054101d@mbox.nagoya-u.ac.jp*2 e-mail: h044123m@mbox.nagoya-u.ac.jp*4 *3College Master Hands Inc. e-mail: ima@*3 *5 Nagoya Sangyo University ABSTRACT: The existence of tower in horizontal axis wind turbine system has a large effect on surrounding fluid flow. In case of upwind wind turbines, the unsteady aerodynamic loads occur when the blades of a wind turbine are passing in front of the tower. The fluctuation of load causes a variation of power output and determines a fatigue life of the wind turbine, directly concerning the cost problems. The present paper describes a numerical method for calculation of aerodynamic loads on the rotor blades, an inviscid aerodynamic model based on the asymptotic acceleration potential method is adopted, which is capable of calculating the unsteady aero