Effect of blade geometry on the aerodynamic loads produced by vertical-axis wind turbines

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part A: Journal of Power and Energy

Volumn 225, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 327-341

  Scheurich, F ^a   Fletcher, T M ^a   Brown, R E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blade wake interaction; Dynamic stall; Numerical simulation; Vertical axis wind turbine; Vorticity transport model

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC LOADING; AERODYNAMIC MODELLING; AERODYNAMIC PERFORMANCE; AERODYNAMIC TOOLS; BLADE GEOMETRY; BLADE PASSAGE FREQUENCY; BLADE-WAKE INTERACTIONS; DYNAMIC STALL; DYNAMIC STALLS; LOCAL DYNAMICS; LOCALIZED PERTURBATION; POWER OUT PUT; VERTICAL AXIS WIND TURBINES; VERTICAL-AXIS WIND TURBINE; VORTICITY TRANSPORT MODEL; WAKE DYNAMICS;

AERODYNAMIC CONFIGURATIONS; AERODYNAMIC LOADS; MODELS; VORTICITY; WAKES; WIND TURBINES;

TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

EID: 79960163263     PISSN: 09576509     EISSN: 20412967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2041296710394248     Document Type: Conference Paper

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