An investigation of flow fields around flanged diffusers using CFD

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics

Volumn 92, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 315-330

  Abe, Ken Ichi ^a   Ohya, Yuji ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Flanged diffuser; Input power coefficient; Loading coefficient; Non linear eddy viscosity model; Separation; Wind turbine

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DIFFUSERS (FLUID); TURBULENT FLOW; WIND TURBINES;

FLANGED DIFFUSERS; LOADING COEFFICIENT;

AERODYNAMICS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DIFFUSER; FLOW FIELD; FLOW SEPARATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; TURBULENT FLOW; WIND TURBINE;

EID: 1542316240     PISSN: 01676105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jweia.2003.12.003     Document Type: Article

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