Solidity, blade number, and pitch angle effects on a one kilowatt HAWT

Collection of Technical Papers - 44th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting

Volumn 10, Issue , 2006, Pages 7281-7290

  Rector, M Curtis ^a,c,d   Visser, Kenneth D ^a,c,d   Humiston, Christopher J ^b,e  

^a CLARKSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Schenectady Naval Reactors   (United States)

^c Box 5725 ^*  (United States)

^d AIAA   (United States)

^e Radiological and Environmental Controls and Safety Division

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLADE NUMBER; CONTROL TURBINE; HAWT; PITCH ANGLE;

CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; ROTORS; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; WIND POWER;

WIND TURBINES;

EID: 34250783964     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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