Solution of the Fokker-Planck equation in a wind turbine array boundary layer

Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena

Volumn 280-281, Issue , 2014, Pages 14-21

  Melius, Matthew S ^a   Tutkun, Murat ^b,c   Cal, Raúl Bayoán ^a  

^a Portland State University   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Fokker Planck equation; Markov properties; Stochastic analysis; Turbulence; Wind energy

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; TURBULENCE; WIND POWER; WIND TUNNELS; WIND TURBINES;

DIRECT COMPUTATIONS; MARKOV PROPERTY; MEASUREMENT DATA; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; STOCHASTIC ANALYSIS; VELOCITY INCREMENTS; WIND TUNNEL EXPERIMENT; WIND VELOCITIES;

FOKKER PLANCK EQUATION;

EID: 84899892913     PISSN: 01672789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physd.2014.04.004     Document Type: Article

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