Experimental and numerical study of radial flow and its contribution to wake development of a HAWT

European Wind Energy Conference and Exhibition 2011, EWEC 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 166-170

  Micallef, Daniel ^a,b   Akay, Buşra ^a   Sant, Tonio ^b   Ferreira, Carlos Simão ^a   Van Bussel, Gerard ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

Author keywords

Horizontal axis wind turbine; Radial flow; Wake expansion

Indexed keywords

BLADE LOADING; BOUNDARY LAYER DEVELOPMENT; FLOW CONDITION; HORIZONTAL AXIS; HORIZONTAL AXIS WIND TURBINES; NORMAL LOADS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; PANEL MODEL; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRIES; RADIAL VELOCITY; TIP VORTEX; TURBINE OPERATION; VISCOUS EFFECT;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXHIBITIONS; WAKES; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

RADIAL FLOW;

EID: 84870196535     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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