Aerodynamics of horizontal-axis wind turbines

Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1993, Pages 115-149

  Hansen, A C ^a   Butterfield, C P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Airfoil; Dynamic inflow; Dynamic stall; Wind energy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000076363     PISSN: 00664189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.fl.25.010193.000555     Document Type: Article

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