Unsteady loads evaluation for a wind turbine rotor using free wake method

Energy Procedia

Volumn 6, Issue , 2011, Pages 777-785

  Chkir, Said ^a  

^a DAMASCUS UNIVERSITY   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

Piv; Unsteady aerodynamics; Vortex; Wake; Wind turbine

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW FIELDS; VELOCITY; VORTEX FLOW; VORTICITY; WAKES; WIND TURBINES;

GOVERNING EQUATIONS; PREDICTOR-CORRECTOR SCHEMES; SECOND ORDERS; TIME MARCHING; UNSTEADY AERODYNAMICS; UNSTEADY LOADS; VELOCITY FIELD; WIND TURBINE ROTORS;

TURBINE COMPONENTS;

EID: 79960286267     PISSN: 18766102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2011.05.088     Document Type: Conference Paper

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