Evaluation of a variable-pitch vertical axis wind turbine

Wind Engineering

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 23-30

  Pawsey, N C K ^a   Barratt, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WIND TUNNELS;

VERTICAL AXIS WIND TURBINES (VAWT);

WIND TURBINES;

VARIABLE PITCH BLADE; VERTICAL AXIS WIND TURBINE;

EID: 0033400027     PISSN: 0309524X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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