Studies on a low Reynolds number airfoil for small wind turbine applications

Science China Technological Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1684-1688

  Wata, Joji ^a   Faizal, Mohammed ^a   Talu, Boniface ^a   Vanawalu, Lesia ^a   Sotia, Puamau ^a   Ahmed, M Rafiuddin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

Author keywords

airfoil; coefficient of drag; coefficient of lift; low Reynolds number; pressure distribution; small wind turbines

Indexed keywords

AIRFOILS; ANGLE OF ATTACK; DRAG; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; WIND TUNNELS;

AERODYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS; COEFFICIENT OF DRAG; HORIZONTAL AXIS WIND TURBINES; LIFT AND DRAG COEFFICIENTS; LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER; LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER AIRFOILS; SMALL WIND TURBINE; WIND TUNNEL EXPERIMENT;

WIND TURBINES;

EID: 80051583614     PISSN: 16747321     EISSN: 18691900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11431-011-4411-3     Document Type: Article

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