A study of wind turbine power generation and turbine/tower interaction using large eddy simulation

Wind and Structures, An International Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 95-108

  Howard, R J A ^a   Pereira, J C F ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^c LASEE Research Group   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Large eddy simulation; Wakes; Wind turbine tower interaction; Wind turbines

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDDY CURRENTS; POWER GENERATION; TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

BLADE/TOWER INTERACTION; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; WIND TURBINE/TOWER INTERACTION;

WIND TURBINES;

EID: 33645312934     PISSN: 12266116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12989/was.2006.9.2.095     Document Type: Review

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