Characteristics of the turbulence in the flow at a tidal stream power site

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 371, Issue 1985, 2013, Pages

  Milne, I A ^a   Sharma, R N ^a   Flay, R G J ^a   Bickerton, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Acoustic Doppler velocimetry; Integral scales; Tidal stream power; Turbulence; Turbulence intensity; Turbulence spectrum

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; FLOODS; TURBULENCE;

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER VELOCIMETRY; INTEGRAL SCALES; TIDAL STREAM POWER; TURBULENCE INTENSITY; TURBULENCE SPECTRUM;

TIDAL POWER;

EID: 84874170605     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2012.0196     Document Type: Article

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