A study on rotational effects and different stall delay models using a prescribed wake vortex scheme and NREL phase VI experiment data

Wind Energy

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 459-482

  Breton, Simon Philippe ^a   Coton, Frank N ^b   Moe, Geir ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Correction models; Rotational effects; Stall delay; Tip effects; Vortex wake simulations; Wind turbine aerodynamics

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC STALLING; BENDING MOMENTS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; WAKES; WIND; WIND TUNNELS; WIND TURBINES;

CORRECTION MODELS; ROTATIONAL EFFECTS; STALL DELAY; TIP EFFECTS; VORTEX WAKES; WIND TURBINE AERODYNAMICS;

VORTEX FLOW;

AERODYNAMICS; POWER GENERATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VORTEX FLOW; WAKE; WIND TUNNEL; WIND TURBINE; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 55349146276     PISSN: 10954244     EISSN: 10991824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/we.269     Document Type: Article

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