Numerical studies of the effects of active and passive circulation enhancement concepts on wind turbine performance

Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 432-444

  Tongchitpakdee, Chanin ^a,b   Benjanirat, Sarun ^a,b   Sankar, Lakshmi N ^b  

^a ASME   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Circulation control; Coanda jet; Gurney flap; HAWT; Wind turbine aerodynamics

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION CONTROL; COANDA JET; GURNEY FLAP; GURNEY FLAPS; WIND TURBINE AERODYNAMICS;

BENDING MOMENTS; JETS; NUMERICAL METHODS; ROTORS; VISCOUS FLOW; WIND TURBINES;

AERODYNAMICS;

EID: 33845578183     PISSN: 01996231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2346704     Document Type: Article

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