Characterising tubulence intensity for fatigue load analysis of wind turbines

Wind Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 319-329

  Hansen, Kurt S ^a   Larsen, Gunner Chr ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

LogNormal distribution; Turbulence profile; Turbulence statistics; Wind simulation; Wind turbines and fatigue

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEURISTIC METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TURBULENT FLOW; WIND EFFECTS;

LOGNORMAL DISTRIBUTION; TURBULENCE INTENSITY; TURBULENCE PROFILE; TURBULENCE STATISTICS; WIND SIMULATION; WIND VELOCITY;

WIND TURBINES;

DESIGN; WIND TURBINE; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 28544434920     PISSN: 0309524X     EISSN: 0309524X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1260/030952405774857897     Document Type: Article

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