Navier-stokes predictions of the NREL phase VI rotor in the NASA Ames 80-by-120 wind tunnel

2002 ASME Wind Energy Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 94-105

  Sorensen, N N ^a   Michelsen, J A ^a   Schreck, S ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NASA; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; WIND POWER;

CFD COMPUTATION; FORCE DISTRIBUTIONS; NAVIER STOKES; NREL PHASE VI; REYNOLDS-AVERAGED NAVIER STOKES SOLVERS; SHAFT TORQUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL EFFECT; WIND TUNNEL TESTS;

WIND TUNNELS;

EID: 14344256079     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/wind2002-31     Document Type: Conference Paper

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