Measurement of Tip Vortex Paths in the Wake of a HAWT under Yawed Flow Conditions

Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 456-463

  Haans, Wouter ^a   Sant, Tonio ^b   Van Kuik, Gijs ^a   Van Bussel, Gerard ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEMOMETERS; AXIAL FLOW; DATABASE SYSTEMS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW VISUALIZATION; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VORTEX FLOW;

AXIAL FORCE COEFFICIENTS; QUANTITATIVE FLOW VISUALIZATION; WAKE VELOCITY;

WAKES;

EID: 27744607962     PISSN: 01996231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2037092     Document Type: Conference Paper

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