Analysis of the similarity in turbulence intensity and wind shear as function of the wind velocity: Field measurements and numerical results

European Wind Energy Conference and Exhibition 2010, EWEC 2010

Volumn 4, Issue , 2010, Pages 2742-2788

  Veiga Rodrigues, C ^a   Matos, J C ^b   Paiva, L T ^a   Palma, J M L M ^a  

^a Research Centre for Wind Energy and Atmospheric Flows   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Atmospheric flows; CFD; Complex terrain; Field measurements; Wind energy

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC FLOWS; COMPLEX TERRAINS; COMPUTER MODELLING; FIELD MEASUREMENT; HIGH REYNOLDS NUMBER; NUMERICAL RESULTS; SHEAR FACTORS; TURBULENCE INTENSITY; WIND FLOW; WIND RESOURCES; WIND SHEAR FACTORS; WIND SHEARS; WIND SPEED; WIND VELOCITIES;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXHIBITIONS; MEASUREMENTS; SHEAR FLOW; WIND EFFECTS; WIND POWER;

FACTOR ANALYSIS;

EID: 84870001873     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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