A viscous three-dimensional differential/actuator-disk method for the aerodynamic analysis of wind farms

Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 345-356

  Ammara, Idriss ^a   Leclerc, Christophe ^a   Masson, Christian ^a  

^a ÉCOLE DE TECHNOLOGIE SUPÉRIEURE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Navier Stokes equations; Numerical method; Power prediction; Wake effects; Wind farm; Wind power

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; AERODYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; WAKES; WIND TURBINES;

MOMENTUM-STRIP THEORY; POWER PREDICTION; WAKE EFFECTS; WIND FARM;

WIND POWER;

EID: 33845355716     PISSN: 01996231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1510870     Document Type: Article

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