Mac Gaunaa is a senior scientist at DTU’s Roskilde campus. He is working on various aspects of airfoil and rotor design of wind turnines, including airborne wind energy systems.

Interests
  • Aerodynamics
  • Potential Flows
  • Thin Airfoil Theory
Education

  • PhD in Mechanics & Fluid Mechanics, 2002

    Technical University of Denmark

  • MSc in Mechanical engineering & Fluid Mechanics, 1998

    Technical University of Denmark

Selected publications

Mac Gaunaa (2024). Lifting-Line Aerodynamics for Airborne Wind Energy on a Prescribed Path. 10th international Airborne Wind Energy Conference (AWEC 2024): Book of Abstracts

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Mac Gaunaa, Ang Li, Michael McWilliam, Mark Kelly (2024). Lifting-Line Aerodynamics for Airborne Wind Energy on a Prescribed Path. 10th international Airborne Wind Energy Conference (AWEC 2024): Book of Abstracts

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Mark Kelly, Mac Gaunaa, Michael McWilliam (2024). Towards Atmospheric Event-Driven Loads for Rigid AWES. 10th international Airborne Wind Energy Conference (AWEC 2024): Book of Abstracts

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Oriol Cayon, Mac Gaunaa, Roland Schmehl (2023). Fast Aeroelastic Model of a Leading-Edge Inflatable Kite. Energies

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Mark Kelly, Michael McWilliam, Mac Gaunaa (2022). Towards Flow-Field Characterization for AWES. 9th international Airborne Wind Energy Conference (AWEC 2021): Book of Abstracts

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Filippo Trevisi, Michael McWilliam, Mac Gaunaa (2021). Configuration optimization and global sensitivity analysis of Ground-Gen and Fly-Gen Airborne Wind Energy Systems. Renewable Energy

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Mac Gaunaa, Alexander Meyer Forsting, Filippo Trevisi (2020). An engineering model for the induction of crosswind kite power systems. Journal of Physics: Conference Series

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