Wake modeling with the actuator Disc concept

Energy Procedia

Volumn 24, Issue , 2012, Pages 385-392

  Crasto, G ^a   Gravdahl, A R ^a   Castellani, F ^b   Piccioni, E ^b  

^a CEO WindSim AS   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Actuator Disc; CFD; Horn Rev; RANS; Wakes; Wind energy; Wind turbine; WindSim

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878778721     PISSN: 18766102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2012.06.122     Document Type: Conference Paper

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