Wind turbine wake modelling using Large Eddy Simulation

17th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 129-132

  Norris, S E ^a   Cater, J E ^a   Stol, K A ^a   Unsworth, C P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WIND FARM; WIND GUST; WIND TURBINE WAKES;

ACTUATOR DISKS; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; FLUID MECHANICS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; WAKES; WIND POWER;

WIND TURBINES;

EID: 84857024136     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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