Influence of atmospheric stability on wind turbine loads

Wind Energy

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1013-1032

  Sathe, A ^a,b   Mann, J ^a   Barlas, T ^a   Bierbooms, W A A M ^b   Van Bussel, G J W ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

atmospheric stability; turbulence; wind profile; wind turbine loads

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; SPEED; STABILITY; TURBULENCE; WIND; WIND TURBINES;

ATMOSPHERIC STABILITY; DAMAGE EQUIVALENT LOADS; INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION; STABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SURFACE LAYER WINDS; TURBULENT ENERGIES; WIND PROFILES; WIND TURBINE LOADS;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

BOUNDARY LAYER; NUMERICAL MODEL; STABILIZATION; TURBULENCE; VELOCITY; WIND FIELD; WIND PROFILE; WIND TURBINE;

EID: 84886089478     PISSN: 10954244     EISSN: 10991824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/we.1528     Document Type: Article

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