Velocity measurements and numerical calculations of flow fields in and around Savonius rotors

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 39-50

  Fujisawa, Nobuyuki ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; ROTORS; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VORTEX FLOW;

DISCRETE VORTEX METHOD; FLOW FIELDS; FLOW SEPARATION; OVERLAP RATIOS; PARTICLE IMAGING VELOCIMETRY; SAVONIUS ROTORS; TIME STEP;

AERODYNAMICS;

FLOW FIELDS; ROTORS; SAVONIUS;

EID: 0029656595     PISSN: 01676105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0167-6105(94)00031-X     Document Type: Article

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