A 3D unsteady panel method for vertical axis wind turbines

European Wind Energy Conference and Exhibition 2008

Volumn 6, Issue , 2008, Pages 2981-2990

  Dixon, Kristian ^a   Simão Ferreira, Carlos ^a   Hofemann, Claudia ^a   Van Bussel, Gerard ^a   Van Kuik, Gijs ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Near wake structure; Panel method; VAWT

Indexed keywords

BLADE-WAKE INTERACTIONS; MULTI-BODY; NEAR-WAKE STRUCTURE; PANEL CODES; PANEL METHODS; RESEARCH TOOLS; STEREO PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; STRAIGHT-BLADED; STRUCTURE CHANGE; TIP SPEED RATIO; TIP VORTEX; VAWT; VERTICAL AXIS WIND TURBINES; VISCOUS DIFFUSION; VORTEX STRETCHING;

EXHIBITIONS; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; VORTEX FLOW; WAKES; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 84870029758     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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