Particle image velocimetry (PIV) measurements of tip vortex wake structure of wind turbine

Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (English Edition)

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 729-738

  Xiao, Jing Ping ^a   Wu, Jie ^b   Chen, Li ^b   Shi, Zhe Yu ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA AERODYNAMICS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Flow field; Particle image velocimetry (PIV); Tip vortex; Wind turbine

Indexed keywords

BLADE TIP; ENGINEERING-ORIENTED; FLOW FIELD MEASUREMENT; HIGH RESOLUTION; NEAR WAKE; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRIES; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY (PIV); PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY TECHNIQUE; SHORT PERIODS; TEST CONDITION; TIP VORTEX; TRAILING EDGES;

AERODYNAMICS; CCD CAMERAS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW FIELDS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; VELOCIMETERS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VORTEX FLOW; WAKES; WIND TURBINES;

WIND TUNNELS;

EID: 80052440231     PISSN: 02534827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10483-011-1452-x     Document Type: Article

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