Evaluation study of a Navier-Stokes CFD aeroelastic model of wind turbine airfoils in classical flutter

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics

Volumn 96, Issue 8-9, 2008, Pages 1425-1443

  Baxevanou, C A ^a   Chaviaropoulos, P K ^b   Voutsinas, S G ^c   Vlachos, N S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b Centre for Renewable Energy Sources   (Greece)

^c NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aeroelasticity; CFD; Classical flutter; Stability; Wind turbine blades

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DAMPING; FLUTTER (AERODYNAMICS); NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; TURBULENCE MODELS;

ELASTIC MODEL; MODAL DAMPING;

AIRFOILS;

AERODYNAMICS; AIRFOILS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DAMPING; FLUTTER (AERODYNAMICS); NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; TURBULENCE MODELS;

EID: 44849116659     PISSN: 01676105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jweia.2008.03.009     Document Type: Article

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