Computational model of a novel, two-cup horizontal wind-turbine system

Open Mechanical Engineering Journal

Volumn 3, Issue , 2009, Pages 26-34

  Mowry, Greg ^a   Erickson, Robert ^a   Abraham, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; FUNCTIONAL DEPENDENCE; FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIP; GROUND BASED; HORIZONTAL WINDS; NUMERICAL PROCEDURES; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; QUASI-STEADY; ROOFTOP UNITS; ROTATIONAL FORCES; ROTATIONAL VELOCITY; TURBINE SYSTEMS; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS; VERTICAL AXIS WIND TURBINES; WIND SPEED; WIND TURBINE SYSTEMS; WIND VELOCITIES; WIND-FLOW PATTERN;

ANGULAR VELOCITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW PATTERNS; TALL BUILDINGS; WIND EFFECTS; WIND POWER;

WIND TURBINES;

EID: 78651557268     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1874155X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874155X00903010026     Document Type: Article

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