Horizontal axis wind turbine blade aerodynamics in experiments and modeling

IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 61-70

  Schreck, Scott J ^a   Robinson, Michael C ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerodynamics; Modeling; Wind energy; Wind tunnels

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SERVICE LIFE; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; WIND POWER; WIND TUNNELS;

TURBINE AERODYNAMICS; WIND TURBINE BLADE;

WIND TURBINES;

EID: 33947664535     PISSN: 08858969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEC.2006.889620     Document Type: Article

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