Effects of wind speed changes on wake instability of a wind turbine in a virtual wind tunnel using large eddy simulation

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics

Volumn 117, Issue , 2013, Pages 38-56

  Mo, Jang Oh ^a   Choudhry, Amanullah ^a   Arjomandi, Maziar ^a   Kelso, Richard ^a   Lee, Young Ho ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b Korea Maritime University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Large eddy simulation; NREL Phase VI wind turbine; Turbulence intensity; Virtual wind tunnel; Vortex breakdown; Wake instability

Indexed keywords

LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; LOCATION; NASA; SPEED; STABILITY; TURBULENCE; VORTEX FLOW; WAKES; WIND TUNNELS; WIND TURBINES;

NREL PHASE VI; TURBULENCE INTENSITY; VIRTUAL WIND TUNNELS; VORTEX BREAKDOWN; WAKE INSTABILITIES;

WIND;

EID: 84877892161     PISSN: 01676105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jweia.2013.03.007     Document Type: Article

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