Velocity deficit and swirl in the turbulent wake of a wind turbine

Marine Technology Society Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 193-205

  Dufresne, Nathaniel P ^a   Wosnik, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Similarity solution; Turbulent wake; Velocity deficit and swirl; Wind energy; Wind turbine

Indexed keywords

OFFSHORE WIND FARMS; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; VELOCITY; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

BOUNDARY LAYER WIND TUNNEL; CONSTANT TEMPERATURE; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; HOT-WIRE ANEMOMETRY; SIMILARITY SOLUTION; TURBULENT WAKE; VELOCITY DEFICITS; VELOCITY FIELD MEASUREMENT;

WAKES;

AZIMUTH; TURBULENCE; VELOCITY PROFILE; WAKE; WIND FARM; WIND POWER; WIND TUNNEL; WIND TURBINE;

EID: 84902248363     PISSN: 00253324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4031/MTSJ.47.4.20     Document Type: Article

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