Experimental and computational analysis of thick flatback wind turbine airfoils

Collection of Technical Papers - 44th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting

Volumn 4, Issue , 2006, Pages 2333-2344

  Baker, J P ^a,b,c   Mayda, E A ^a,b,c   Van Dam, C P ^a,b,c  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering ^*

^c AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLUNT TRAILING; FLATBACK; TRAILING EDGE;

AERODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CIVIL AVIATION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; SURFACE ANALYSIS; WIND TURBINES;

AIRFOILS;

EID: 34250890808     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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