Drag prediction for blades at high angle of attack using CFD

Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1011-1016

  Sorensen N N ^a   Michelsen, J A ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRFOILS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ESTIMATION; EXTRAPOLATION; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; KINETIC ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TOPOLOGY; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; VISCOSITY; WIND TURBINES;

AEROELASTIC DESIGN; DRAG BEHAVIOR; REYNOLDS AVERAGED NAVIER-STOKES (RANS); THREE DIMENSIONAL (3D) CFD;

DRAG;

EID: 12344312162     PISSN: 01996231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1807854     Document Type: Article

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