An examination of the effect of reynolds number on airfoil performance

ASME 2011 5th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, ES 2011

Volumn , Issue PARTS A, B, AND C, 2011, Pages 2203-2213

  Burdett, Tim ^a   Gregg, Jason ^a   Van Treuren, Kenneth ^a  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRFOIL PERFORMANCE; ALTERNATIVE APPROACH; ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCE; CONVENTIONAL ENERGY SOURCES; EXPERIMENTAL TESTING; SMALL-SCALE WIND TURBINES; SUBSONIC WIND TUNNELS; THEORETICAL SIMULATION;

CURVE FITTING; DESIGN; DRAG; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS; FORECASTING; PUBLISHING; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

AIRFOILS;

EID: 84881130468     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/ES2011-54720     Document Type: Conference Paper

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