Large-eddy simulation of a very large wind farm in a stable atmospheric boundary layer

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Lu, Hao ^a   Porté Agel, Fernando ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; FIGHTER AIRCRAFT; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MOMENTUM; TURBINE COMPONENTS; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; TURBULENCE; WAKES; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

ACTUATOR LINE TECHNIQUE; BOUNDARY LAYER HEIGHTS; ENERGY EXTRACTION; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; ROTATIONAL EFFECTS; SURFACE BUOYANCY FLUX; TURBULENCE ENERGY; WIND TURBINE WAKES;

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER;

EID: 79960016370     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3589857     Document Type: Article

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