Gurney flaps and trailing edge devices for wind turbines

European Wind Energy Conference and Exhibition 2006, EWEC 2006

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 1180-1186

  Salcedo, S ^a   Monge, F ^a   Palacios, F ^a   Gandia F ^b   Rodriguez A ^b   Barcala, M ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TÉCNICA AEROESPACIAL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3D CONFIGURATIONS; COMPLEX CONFIGURATION; COMPUTATION TIME; DETACHED EDDY SIMULATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL DATUM; LIFT AND DRAG COEFFICIENTS; TRANSITION PREDICTION; WIND TUNNEL TESTS;

EXHIBITIONS; FLOW SEPARATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; THREE DIMENSIONAL; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 84876547392     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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