Desirable airfoil characteristics for large variable-speed horizontal axis wind turbines

Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 253-260

  Giguere, P ^a   Selig, M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 3343004186     PISSN: 01996231     EISSN: 15288986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2888028     Document Type: Article

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