Unsteady aerodynamics associated with a horizontal-axis wind turbine

AIAA Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1410-1419

  Huyer, Stephen A ^a,b   Simms, David ^a,c   Robinson, Michael C ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NAVAL UNDERSEA WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

^c National Wind Technology Center

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; WIND TURBINES-HORIZONTAL AXIS;

EID: 0029836568     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/3.13247     Document Type: Article

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