Simulations of three-dimensional vertical-axis turbines for communications applications

Wind Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 443-454

  Plourde, B ^a   Abraham, J ^a   Mowry, G ^a   Minkowycz, W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Chicago   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR FLOW;

THREE DIMENSIONAL; WIND TURBINES;

THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

AIRFLOW; FLOW PATTERN; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WIND TURBINE;

EID: 84866952121     PISSN: 0309524X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1260/0309-524X.36.4.443     Document Type: Article

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