A simplified vortex model of propeller and wind-turbine wakes

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 725, Issue , 2013, Pages 91-116

  Segalini, Antonio ^a   Alfredsson, P Henrik ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

vortex dynamics; vortex flows; wakes jets

Indexed keywords

PROPELLERS; ROLLER BEARINGS; VELOCITY; WAKES; WIND TURBINES;

ASYMPTOTIC EXPANSION; GENERAL MOMENTUM THEORY; OPERATING CONDITION; OPERATING PARAMETERS; REAL OPERATING CONDITIONS; VORTEX DYNAMICS; WAKES/JETS; WIND TURBINE WAKES;

VORTEX FLOW;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLOW VELOCITY; JET FLOW; VORTEX FLOW; WAKE; WIND TURBINE;

EID: 84878188934     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2013.182     Document Type: Article

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