Hydrodynamic analysis of a horizontal axis marine current turbine with a boundary element method

Proceedings of the International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering - OMAE

Volumn 6, Issue , 2008, Pages 883-893

  Baltazar, J ^a   Falcao De Campos J A C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FAST CONVERGENCE; GRID REFINEMENT; HORIZONTAL AXIS; HYDRODYNAMIC ANALYSIS; LINE THEORY; LOW ORDER; MARINE CURRENT TURBINES; PANEL CODES; PERFORMANCE CURVE; UNIFORM INFLOW; VERGENCES; VISCOUS EFFECT; VORTEX MODEL; WAKE MODEL;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MECHANICS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS; TURBINES; VORTEX FLOW; WAKES;

TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

EID: 77958017806     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/OMAE2008-58033     Document Type: Conference Paper

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