Damping the fluctuating behaviour and improving the convergence rate of the axial induction factor in the BEMT-based rotor aerodynamic codes

European Wind Energy Conference and Exhibition 2006, EWEC 2006

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 1176-1179

  Maheri, Alireza ^a   Noroozi, Siamak ^a   Toomer, Chris ^a   Vinney, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BEMT; Relaxation factor; Rotor aerodynamic; Wind turbine simulation

Indexed keywords

BEMT; BLADE ELEMENT MOMENTUM THEORY; CONVERGENCE PROCESS; NUMBER OF ITERATIONS; RELAXATION FACTORS; ROTOR AERODYNAMICS; SIMPLE MODIFICATIONS; WIND TURBINE SIMULATION;

AERODYNAMICS; EXHIBITIONS; LOADING; WIND POWER;

ITERATIVE METHODS;

EID: 84876575241     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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