Straight wing vertical axis wind turbines: A flow analysis

Wind Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 243-252

  Horiuchi, Kenji ^a   Ushiyama, Izumi ^b   Seki, Kazuichi ^c  

^a Chiyoda Engineering Consultants Co Ltd   (Japan)

^b ASHIKAGA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW MEASUREMENT; WIND POWER; WIND TUNNELS;

FLOW ANALYSIS; STRAIGHT WING VERTICAL AXIS WIND TURBINES; WIND TURBINE ROTATION;

WIND TURBINES;

FLOW AROUND OBJECT; FLOW MODELING; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; VERTICAL AXIS WIND TURBINE;

EID: 24044445189     PISSN: 0309524X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1260/030952405774354840     Document Type: Article

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