Experimental investigation of the characteristics of a savonius wind turbine

Wind Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 77-82

  Sharma, K K ^a   Gupta, R ^a   Singh, S K ^b   Singh, S R ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY SILCHAR   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY PATNA   (India)

^c Gulzarbagh Polytechnic   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CARBON STEEL; MACHINE DESIGN; ROTORS; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; WIND TUNNELS;

ROTOR BLADES; ROTOR SHAPE; SAVONIUS ROTOR; SAVONIUS WIND TURBINE;

WIND TURBINES;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; WIND TURBINE;

EID: 21644478352     PISSN: 0309524X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1260/0309524054353674     Document Type: Article

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