An experimental investigation on the effects of turbine rotation directions on the wake interference of wind turbines

51st AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  Yuan, Wei ^a   Ozbay, Ahmet ^a   Tian, Wei ^a   Hu, Hui ^a  

^a Iowa State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FLOW CHARAC-TERISTICS; IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY; LARGE-SCALE AERODYNAMICS; ROTATION DIRECTIONS; VELOCITY COMPONENTS;

AERODYNAMIC CONFIGURATIONS; AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; ANGLE OF ATTACK; FLOW VELOCITY; LIFT; ROTATION; TURBINE COMPONENTS; WAKES; WIND POWER;

WIND TURBINES;

EID: 84881449861     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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