Valve-aided twisted Savonius rotor

Wind Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 243-254

  Rajkumar, M Jaya ^a   Saha, U K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ROTORS; TORQUE; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; VALVES (MECHANICAL); WIND POWER;

ROTATIONAL SPEEDS; TWISTED-BLADE; VALVE-AIDED TWISTED SAVONIUS ROTOR;

WIND TURBINES;

ROTORS; TORQUE; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; VALVES (MECHANICAL); WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

TORQUE; WIND POWER; WIND TUNNEL; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 33750338212     PISSN: 0309524X     EISSN: 0309524X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1260/030952406778606269     Document Type: Article

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