2D CFD simulation of dynamic stall on a vertical axis wind turbine: Verification and validation with PIV measurements

Collection of Technical Papers - 45th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting

Volumn 23, Issue , 2007, Pages 16191-16201

  Ferreira, Carlos Simão ^a   Van Bussel, Gerard ^a   Van Kuik, Gijs ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING; REYNOLDS NUMBER; WIND TURBINES;

MOMENTUM EQUATIONS; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY (PIV); VERTICAL AXIS WIND TURBINE (VAWT);

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 34250895047     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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