Eulerian simulations of oscillating airfoils in power extraction regime

WIT Transactions on Engineering Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue , 2006, Pages 245-254

  Dumas, G ^a   Kinsey, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accelerated reference frame; Finite volume method; Flow simulation; Oscillating wing; Pitching and heaving airfoil; Power extraction; Turbine; Unsteady aerodynamics; Wind energy

Indexed keywords

EULER EQUATIONS; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; LAMINAR FLOW; TURBINES; WIND POWER;

ACCELERATED REFERENCE FRAME; FLOW SIMULATION; HEAVING AIRFOIL; OSCILLATING WING; UNSTEADY AERODYNAMICS;

AIRFOILS;

EID: 36148947597     PISSN: 17433533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2495/AFM06025     Document Type: Conference Paper

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