Numerical prediction of wind turbine noise

Renewable Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1902-1912

  Tadamasa, A ^a   Zangeneh, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

FW H equation; NREL Phase VI blade; Wind turbine noise

Indexed keywords

ANECHOIC WIND TUNNEL FACILITY; BLADE SURFACE; CFD SOLVER; FAR-FIELD; FIRST-PRINCIPLES; FLOW PARAMETERS; FW-H EQUATION; HORIZONTAL-AXIS WIND TURBINES; NREL PHASE VI BLADE; NUMERICAL PREDICTIONS; WILLIAMS; WIND TURBINE BLADES; WIND TURBINE NOISE;

ACOUSTIC NOISE; HELICOPTER ROTORS; NUMERICAL METHODS; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

ACOUSTIC METHOD; AIRCRAFT; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW FIELD; NUMERICAL MODEL; WHITE NOISE; WIND TURBINE;

EID: 79951513185     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2010.11.036     Document Type: Article

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