Modelling the Yaw behaviour of a small wind turbine

Wind Engineering

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 223-237

  Bechly, M E ^a   Gutierrez, H ^b   Streiner, S ^c   Wood, D H ^d  

^a DNV GL   (Norway)

^b FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC LOADS; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WIND STRESS; WIND TUNNELS;

SYSTEMS IDENTIFICATION;

WIND TURBINES;

MATHEMATICAL MODELING; WIND DIRECTION; WIND TURBINE; YAW;

EID: 0036952234     PISSN: 0309524X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1260/030952402321039421     Document Type: Article

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