Noise source localization on a small wind turbine using a compact microphone array with advanced beamforming algorithms: Part I-A study of aerodynamic noise from blades

Wind Engineering

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 73-88

  Ramachandran, Rakesh C ^a   Patel, Hirenkumar ^a   Raman, Ganesh ^a   Jiang, Yong ^a   Krishnamurthy, Mahesh ^a  

^a ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC NOISE; BEAMFORMING ALGORITHMS; DECONVOLUTION ALGORITHM; DECONVOLUTION APPROACH; NOISE MEASUREMENTS; RESIDENTIAL AREAS; SMALL SCALE WIND TURBINES; SMALL WIND TURBINE;

ACOUSTICS; AERODYNAMICS; ALGORITHMS; BEAMFORMING; DECONVOLUTION; HOUSING; MICROPHONES; NOISE ABATEMENT; TURBULENCE; WIND TURBINES;

ACOUSTIC NOISE;

AERODYNAMICS; ALGORITHM; DESIGN; NOISE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POINT SOURCE; WIND TURBINE;

EID: 84897863013     PISSN: 0309524X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1260/0309-524X.38.1.73     Document Type: Article

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