Numerical simulation of unsteady aerodynamics effects in horizontal-axis wind turbines

Solar Energy

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 9-21

  Bermudez L ^a,b   Velazquez A ^a,b   Matesanz, A ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; UNSTEADY FLOW; WAKES;

FLOW SEPARATION;

WIND TURBINES;

AERODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; WIND TURBINE;

EID: 0344577843     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-092X(99)00056-0     Document Type: Article

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