Verification of computational simulations of the NREL 5 MW rotor with a focus on inboard flow separation

Wind Energy

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 967-981

  Chow, Raymond ^a   Van Dam, C P ^a  

^a University of California Davis   (United States)

Author keywords

CFD; fence; inboard; rotor flow; separation; wake

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; FENCES; FLOW SEPARATION; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; RADIAL FLOW; SEPARATION; WAKES; WIND;

ACCURATE PREDICTION; AERODYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS; COMPUTATIONAL SIMULATION; INBOARD; NON-OPTIMIZED DEVICES; REYNOLDS - AVERAGED NAVIER-STOKES; ROTOR FLOWS; STRONG DEPENDENCES;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

AERODYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DIAMETER; DIFFUSION; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 84870299514     PISSN: 10954244     EISSN: 10991824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/we.529     Document Type: Article

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