Validation of adaptive unstructured hexahedral mesh computations of flow around a wind turbine airfoil

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 929-945

  Bijl, H ^a   van Zuijlen, A H ^a   van Mameren, A ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Finite volume method; Mesh adaptation; Wind turbine airfoil

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; SENSORS; WIND TURBINES;

ADAPTIVE REFINEMENT; COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; HEXAHEDRAL MESHES; TURBINE BLADES;

AIRFOILS;

AEROFOIL; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FINITE VOLUME TECHNIQUE; FLOW AROUND OBJECT; WIND TUNNEL;

EID: 22244475749     PISSN: 02712091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fld.960     Document Type: Article

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