The inverse vortex wake model: A measurement analysis tool

Collection of Technical Papers - 45th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting

Volumn 8, Issue , 2007, Pages 5043-5062

  Haans, Wouter ^a   Van Kuik, Gijs ^a   Van Bussel, Gerard ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; INVERSE PROBLEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS; WAKES; WIND TUNNELS;

BLADE LOADS; BOUND CIRCULATION; HORIZONTAL AXIS WIND TURBINE (HAWT); OPEN JET WIND TUNNEL;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 34250899805     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2007-422     Document Type: Conference Paper

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