Peak and post-peak power aerodynamics from Phase VI NASA ames wind turbine data

Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 192-199

  Gerber, Brandon S ^a   Tangler, James L ^b   Duque, Earl P N ^c   David Kocurek, J ^d  

^a GE ENERGY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Center for Materials Interfaces in Research and Applications   (United States)

^d Computational Methodology Associates ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLADE ELEMENT MOMENTUM (BEM); ROTOR BLADES; VORTICITY; WIND SPEED;

AERODYNAMICS; AIRFOILS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ROTORS; VORTEX FLOW;

WIND TURBINES;

EID: 19144364082     PISSN: 01996231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1862260     Document Type: Article

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