Vortex methods to answer the need for improved understanding and modelling of tip-loss factors

IET Renewable Power Generation

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 311-320

  Branlard, Emmanuel ^a   Dixon, Kristian ^b   Gaunaa, Mac ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b Siemens Energy Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL ENERGY PRODUCTIONS; BEM CODE; BLADE-ELEMENT MOMENTUMS; OPERATING CONDITION; OPTIMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS; VORTEX METHODS; VORTEX THEORY; WAKE EXPANSIONS;

VORTEX FLOW; WAKES;

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 84879667590     PISSN: 17521416     EISSN: 17521424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/iet-rpg.2012.0283     Document Type: Conference Paper

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