Unsteady two-dimensional potential-flow model for thin variable geometry airfoils

Wind Energy

Volumn 13, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 167-192

  Gaunaa, Mac ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Deformable airfoils; Potential flow; Unsteady two dimensional aerodynamics

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; COMPUTATION THEORY; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; POTENTIAL FLOW; STATE SPACE METHODS;

ACTIVE LOAD CONTROL; AERODYNAMIC RESPONSE; ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; EIGEN-VALUE APPROACH; PRACTICAL CALCULATION; PROPULSIVE PERFORMANCE; THIN AIRFOIL THEORY; TWO DIMENSIONAL POTENTIAL FLOW;

AIRFOILS;

ACTIVE CONTROL; AERODYNAMICS; DEFORMATION; FLOW MEASUREMENT; GEOMETRY; TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLOW; UNSTEADY FLOW;

EID: 77950608334     PISSN: 10954244     EISSN: 10991824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/we.377     Document Type: Article

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