Aerodynamic simulations of wind turbines operating in atmospheric boundary layer with various thermal stratifications

ASME 2002 Wind Energy Symposium, WIND2002

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 206-215

  Alinot, Cedric ^a   Masson, Christian ^a  

^a ÉCOLE DE TECHNOLOGIE SUPÉRIEURE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATOR DISKS; AERODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; BUOYANCY; NUMERICAL METHODS; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; TURBULENCE MODELS; WAKES; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

AERODYNAMIC SIMULATIONS; AVERAGED NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; BLADE-ELEMENT THEORY; BOUSSINESQ APPROXIMATIONS; DENSITY VARIATIONS; NEUTRAL CONDITIONS; PERFORMANCE PREDICTION; STABLE STRATIFICATION;

NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS;

EID: 78649280192     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/wind2002-42     Document Type: Conference Paper

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