Effect of dynamic stall on the aerodynamics of vertical-axis wind turbines

AIAA Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2511-2521

  Schuerich, Frank ^a,c   Brown, Richard E ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c School of Engineering   (United Kingdom)

^d Department of Mechanical Engineering ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC STALLING; ANGLE OF ATTACK; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; VORTICITY; WAKES; WIND TURBINES;

AERO-DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE; AERODYNAMIC INTERACTIONS; BLADE CONFIGURATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS METHODS; POWER COEFFICIENTS; TIP SPEED RATIO; VERTICAL AXIS WIND TURBINES; VORTICITY TRANSPORTS;

TURBINE COMPONENTS;

EID: 80054993917     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.J051060     Document Type: Article

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