Experimental setup designed for testing a cross-flow water turbine in a wind tunnel

UPB Scientific Bulletin, Series D: Mechanical Engineering

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 191-200

  Georgescu, Andrei Mugur ^a   Georgescu, Sanda Carmen ^b   Degeratu, Mircea ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CIVIL ENGINEERING   (Romania)

^b UNIVERSITY POLITEHNICA OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

Author keywords

Achard turbine; Cross flow; Delta blade; PIV; Similitude; Wind tunnel

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887248774     PISSN: 14542358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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