Comparison of momentum and vortex methods for the aerodynamic analysis of wind turbines

Collection of the 2005 ASME Wind Energy Symposium Technical Papers at the 43rd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 180-203

  Gupta, Sandeep ^a,b   Leishman, J Gordon ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLADE-ELEMENT MOMENTUM (BEM); LINEAR INFLOW MODELS; TURBINE AERODYNAMICS;

AERODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; TURBULENT FLOW; WAKES;

WIND TURBINES;

EID: 28844436119     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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