A study of the near wake structure of a wind turbine comparing measurements from laboratory and full-scale experiments

Solar Energy

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 621-633

  Whale, J ^a   Papadopoulos, K H ^b   Anderson, C G ^c   Helmis, C G ^b   Skyner, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c Aerpac BV   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0030160734     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0038-092X(96)00019-9     Document Type: Article

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