A rotor blade for a wind power installation, which extends in a longitudinal direction with a profile course from a blade connector to a blade tip, wherein the profile course contains at least one profile, comprising: a suction side and a pressure side, a relative profile thickness of greater than 25%, a profile chord, which extends between a leading edge and a trailing edge of the profile and has a length which defines the profile depth, a mean line which extends at least partially below the profile chord, a convex region which extends on the suction side from the trailing edge, and a convex region which extends on the pressure side from the trailing edge, wherein the convex region on the pressure side defines a rounded transition region of the pressure side to the trailing edge.

An airfoil includes a first end opposite a second end in a spanwise direction. A leading edge extends in the spanwise direction from the first end to the second end and a trailing edge extends in the spanwise direction from the first end to the second end and aft of the leading edge in a chordwise direction. A suction surface extends from the leading edge to the trailing edge and a pressure surface extends from the leading edge to the trailing edge. The airfoil further includes at least one channel with an inlet on a surface of the leading edge and an outlet aft of the leading edge.

Provided is a wind power plant rotor blade, with a rotor blade root area, a rotor blade tip area, a rotor blade leading edge, a rotor blade trailing edge, a rotor blade longitudinal axis, a rotor blade inner section, a rotor blade outer section, as well as a dividing plane between the rotor blade outer section and the rotor blade inner section. The rotor blade can be split along the dividing plane. The rotor blade further has a respective reinforcement area in the rotor blade inner section and the rotor blade outer section, which each are arranged next to the dividing plane. The rotor blade is given a multi-part design by splitting it along the dividing plane. After splitting the rotor blade along the dividing plane, the reinforcement area on the rotor blade inner section can be fastened to the reinforcement area of the rotor blade outer section.

A reversible pump-turbine and also a guide vane for a reversible pump-turbine with a guide vane body, a pivot for rotating the guide vane body around an axis of rotation and two end faces. The guide vane body has a turbine leading edge facing the turbine flow and a turbine trailing edge facing away from the turbine flow, where the individual guide vanes come into contact with one another along closing edges when the wicket gate is closed, where the guide vanes each have two flow-guiding surfaces on either side of the axis of rotation and opposite one another that are limited by the two end faces. These two flow-guiding surfaces have different flow profiles.

A wind turbine rotor blade having a flatback trailing edge. The flatback trailing edge has at least one insert which has a flat outside and a curved inside.

A lift control device actively controls the lift force on a lifting surface. The device has a protuberance near a trailing edge of its lifting surface, which causes flow to separate from the lifting surface, generating regions of low pressure and high pressure which combine to increase the lift force on the lifting surface. The device further includes an arrangement to keep the flow attached around the protuberance or to modify the position of the protuberance in response to a command from a central controller, so as to provide an active control of the lift between a maximum value and a minimum value.

A rotor blade of a wind turbine, wherein the rotor blade has in particular a splitter plate, which is arranged on the blunt trailing edge of the rotor blade. The splitter plate comprises: a root edge, wherein the root edge is arranged on, in particular along, the trailing edge below a transition from the suction side into the trailing edge, an end edge, wherein the end edge forms a free edge, and a surface between the root edge and the end edge, wherein the surface has at least one curved part between the root edge and the end edge, and at least one part of the surface lies in the shear layer generated by the suction side.

An airfoil body may include a plurality of tubercles along a leading edge of the airfoil body and a plurality of crenulations along a trailing edge of the airfoil body, wherein at least one of a position, a size, and a shape of the plurality of tubercles and the plurality of crenulations varies in a non-periodic fashion. The non-periodic fashion may be according to a Fibonacci function and may mimic the configuration of a pectoral fin of a humpback whale. The tubercles and crenulations may be defined with respect to a pivot point. The spanwise profile, including the max chord trailing edge curvature, may closely follow divine spirals and related Fibonacci proportions. The spanwise chord thickness may vary in a nonlinear pattern. Related methods are also described.

A rotor blade having a rotor blade trailing edge which extends between a rotor blade root and a rotor blade tip over a rotor blade length, and having a profile depth which is established between the rotor blade trailing edge and a rotor blade leading edge. For the purpose of improving efficiency, at least one profile element having a continuous profile section, for the purpose of changing the profile depth of the rotor blade, is able to be attached at or in the region of the rotor blade trailing edge, wherein the extension of the profile section beyond the rotor blade trailing edge is determined in a manner dependent on a standardized load-dependent dimensioning of the profile depth of the rotor blade and a load level which is established at an erection location of the wind turbine.

A wind turbine blade includes a trailing edge flap having a flap part protruding from the trailing edge on the pressure side of the blade. The flap part has a first section and a second section each having an upstream surface arranged to face an oncoming airflow in use. The first section extends from the trailing edge and has a proximal end and a distal end in cross-section. The proximal end is located at or near the trailing edge and the distal end is spaced apart from the trailing edge. The first section is oriented such that an obtuse angle is defined between the upstream surface of the first section and a plane that extends parallel to the local chordal plane and intersects the proximal end of the first section. The second section is oriented such that the upstream surfaces of the first and second sections together define a concave profile in cross section.