Wind tunnel testing of scaled wind turbine models: Beyond aerodynamics

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics

Volumn 127, Issue , 2014, Pages 11-28

  Bottasso, Carlo L ^a,b   Campagnolo, Filippo ^b   Petrović, Vlaho ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Aeroelasticity; Emergency shutdown; Wind observer; Wind tunnel; Wind turbine; Wind turbine control

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; AEROELASTICITY; BOUNDARY LAYERS; ELASTIC WAVES; WIND TURBINES;

CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT; EMERGENCY SHUTDOWN; EXPERIMENTAL FACILITIES; INDIVIDUAL BLADE PITCH CONTROL; INDIVIDUAL BLADE PITCHES; TRANSIENT MANEUVERS; WIND TURBINE CONTROL; WIND-TUNNEL TESTING;

WIND TUNNELS;

EID: 84894367195     PISSN: 01676105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jweia.2014.01.009     Document Type: Article

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