Aerodynamic design of a small contra-rotating HAWT

Collection of Technical Papers - 45th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting

Volumn 23, Issue , 2007, Pages 16240-16248

  Rector, M Curtis ^a,b,c   Visser, Kenneth D ^a,b,c  

^a CLARKSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Box 5725 ^*  (United States)

^c AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC DESIGN; NUMERICAL DESIGN TOOL; STEREOLITHOGRAPHIC ROTORS;

MACHINE DESIGN; NUMERICAL METHODS; ROTORS; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; WIND TURBINES;

AERODYNAMICS;

EID: 34250850275     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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