Helicoidal vortex model for wind turbine aeroelastic simulation

Computers and Structures

Volumn 85, Issue 11-14, 2007, Pages 1072-1079

  Chattot, Jean Jacques ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Blade flexibility; Steady and unsteady flows; Tower interference; Vortex model

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ROTORS; STEADY FLOW; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; UNSTEADY FLOW; VORTEX FLOW;

BLADE FLEXIBILITY; TOWER INTERFERENCE; VORTEX MODELS;

WIND TURBINES;

EID: 34248177921     PISSN: 00457949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruc.2006.11.013     Document Type: Article

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