The influence of free-stream turbulence intensity on the performance of Gurney-flap equipped wind-turbine blades

Wind Engineering

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 93-106

  Kentfield, J A C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRFOILS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; DRAG; PERFORMANCE; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STREAM FLOW; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW;

DRAG COEFFICIENT;

WIND TURBINES;

DRAG; MODELLING-MATHEMATICAL; TURBULENCE; WIND TURBINES;

EID: 0030480864     PISSN: 0309524X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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