Overset grid flow simulation on a modern wind turbine

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Zahle, Frederik ^a   Sørensen, Niels N ^a,b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS; FLOW SIMULATION; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; TOWERS; WAKES; WIND TURBINES;

HYSTERESIS EFFECT; LOW VELOCITY FLUIDS; LOW VELOCITY REGION; NAVIER-STOKES FLOW SOLVER; TOWER SHADOW; UNIFORM INFLOW; UNSTEADY AERODYNAMICS; UNSTEADY INTERACTION;

SHEAR FLOW;

EID: 77957818528     PISSN: 10485953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2008-6727     Document Type: Conference Paper

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