The unsteady pressure field and the aerodynamic performances of a Savonius rotor based on the discrete vortex method

Renewable Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 307-313

  Afungchui, David ^a   Kamoun, Baddreddinne ^b   Helali, Ali ^b   Ben Djemaa, Abdellatif ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BUEA   (Cameroon)

^b University of Sfax   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Aerodynamic coefficients; Discrete vortices; Savonius rotor; Unsteady flow; Vortex shedding; Wind turbine

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC COEFFICIENTS; AERODYNAMIC PERFORMANCE; DISCRETE VORTEX METHOD; DISCRETE VORTICES; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; NEUMANN BOUNDARY CONDITION; NON-LINEAR; SAVONIUS ROTOR; STATIONARY ROTORS; TORQUE DISTRIBUTION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL; UNSTEADY PRESSURE FIELDS;

AERODYNAMICS; FLUID DYNAMICS; LAPLACE EQUATION; UNSTEADY FLOW; VORTEX SHEDDING; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

VORTEX FLOW;

AERODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY CONDITION; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL METHOD; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRESSURE FIELD; TORQUE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLOW; UNSTEADY FLOW; VORTEX SHEDDING; WIND TURBINE;

EID: 69449094577     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2009.04.034     Document Type: Article

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