Wind tunnel simulation of the wind conditions inside bidimensional forest clear-cuts. Application to wind turbine siting

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 609-634

  Sanz Rodrigo, J ^a   van Beeck, J ^a   Dezso Weidinger G ^a  

^a VON KARMAN INSTITUTE FOR FLUID DYNAMICS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Clear cut; Foam; Forest; Gumbel; PIV; Weibull; Wind tunnel; Wind turbine

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; FOAMS; POROSITY; TURBULENCE; VALUE ENGINEERING; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION; WIND TUNNELS; WIND TURBINES;

BIDIMENSIONAL FOREST CLEAR-CUTS; CAVITY SHEAR LAYER; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY;

FORESTRY;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; FOAMS; FORESTRY; POROSITY; TURBULENCE; VALUE ENGINEERING; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION; WIND TUNNELS; WIND TURBINES;

BOUNDARIES; FOAM; FOREST CANOPY; POROSITY; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; TURBINES; TURBULENCE;

EID: 34248997543     PISSN: 01676105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jweia.2007.01.001     Document Type: Article

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