The turbulent Ekman boundary layer over an infinite wind-turbine array

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 46-57

  Johnstone, Roderick ^a   Coleman, Gary N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DNS; Ekman layer; Turbulence; Wind farm

Indexed keywords

ACTUATOR DISKS; ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; KINETIC ENERGY; KINETICS; PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS; SHEAR STRESS; TURBULENCE; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

APPROXIMATE AGREEMENT; BOUNDARY LAYER DEPTH; EKMAN BOUNDARY LAYERS; EKMAN LAYERS; HORIZONTAL AXIS WIND TURBINES; TURBULENCE KINETIC ENERGY; TURBULENT TRANSPORTS; WIND FARM;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 82055191734     PISSN: 01676105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jweia.2011.11.002     Document Type: Article

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