Large-eddy simulation of stable boundary layer turbulence and estimation of associated wind turbine loads

Wind Energy

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 359-384

  Park, J ^a   Basu, S ^b   Manuel, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

atmospheric boundary layer; fatigue loading; inflow generation; stable stratification; turbulence modeling; wind turbine

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC STABILITY; ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); FLOW FIELDS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; SHEAR FLOW; SPEED; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; TURBULENCE MODELS; TURBULENT FLOW; WIND; WIND TURBINES;

AERODYNAMIC ROUGHNESS LENGTH; ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; CHARACTERISTICS OF FLOW FIELDS; FATIGUE LOADINGS; INFLOW-GENERATION; STABLE BOUNDARY LAYER; STABLE STRATIFICATION; STOCHASTIC SIMULATIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

BOUNDARY LAYER; DATABASE; DESIGN; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; STOCHASTICITY; TURBULENCE; WIND TURBINE;

EID: 84894098329     PISSN: 10954244     EISSN: 10991824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/we.1580     Document Type: Article

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