Actuator line/Navier-Stokes computations for the MEXICO rotor: Comparison with detailed measurements

Wind Energy

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 811-825

  Shen, Wen Zhong ^a   Zhu, Wei Jun ^a   Sørensen, Jens Nørkær ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

actuator line technique; MEXICO rotor; rotor aerodynamics; wakes

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; AERODYNAMICS; AIRFOILS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; WAKES;

ACTUATOR LINE TECHNIQUE; CONTROLLED CONDITIONS; GERMAN DUTCH WIND TUNNELS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION TECHNIQUES; MEXICO ROTORS; NEAR WAKE VELOCITIES; ROTOR AERODYNAMICS; TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK;

WIND TUNNELS;

AERODYNAMICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAMETER; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GEOMETRY; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL MODEL; WAKE; WIND TUNNEL;

EID: 84863717294     PISSN: 10954244     EISSN: 10991824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/we.510     Document Type: Article

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