Characterization of the unsteady flow in the nacelle region of a modern wind turbine

Wind Energy

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 271-283

  Zahle, Frederik ^a   Sørensen, Niels N ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

CFD; computational fluid dynamics; nacelle anemometry; Navier Stokes; wind turbine aerodynamics

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; ANEMOMETERS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; VORTEX FLOW; WIND; WIND TURBINES;

HIGH VELOCITY GRADIENTS; NACELLE ANEMOMETRIES; NAVIER STOKES; SEPARATED FLOWS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL NAVIER-STOKES; UNSTEADY SIMULATIONS; UNSTEADY VORTICES; WIND TURBINE AERODYNAMICS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

ANEMOMETER; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW VELOCITY; GEOMETRY; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; UNSTEADY FLOW; WIND TURBINE; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 79952584984     PISSN: 10954244     EISSN: 10991824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/we.418     Document Type: Article

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