Reduction of wind turbine noise using optimized airfoils and trailing-eratdge serions

AIAA Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1470-1481

  Oerlemans, Stefan ^a,d   Fisher, Murray ^b,e   Maeder, Thierry ^c,f   Kögler, Klaus ^b,e  

^a NATIONAL AEROSPACE LABORATORY NLR   (Netherlands)

^b GE ENERGY   (United States)

^c GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d Aeroacoustics Group   (United States)

^e Advanced Aero and Acoustics Technologies

^f Alternative Energy and Environmental Technologies   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SOURCES; AIRFOIL SHAPE; DIRECTIVITY; HIGH FREQUENCY; LOW FREQUENCY; LOW WIND SPEED; MICROPHONE ARRAYS; NOISE REDUCTIONS; NOISE SOURCE; ROTOR DIAMETER; TIP NOISE; TRAILING EDGE NOISE; WIND TURBINE NOISE;

ACOUSTIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; ACOUSTIC FIELDS; ACOUSTIC NOISE MEASUREMENT; AMPLIFICATION; ENGINES; NOISE ABATEMENT; OPTIMIZATION; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

AIRFOILS;

EID: 67650924832     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.38888     Document Type: Conference Paper

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