Reproducing the Bolund experiment in wind tunnel

Wind Energy

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 153-169

  Yeow, T S ^a   Tejero, C A ^a   Perez Alvarez, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atmospheric boundary layer; Complex terrain; Wind energy; Wind tunnel simulation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; FLOW VISUALIZATION; KINETIC ENERGY; KINETICS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCIMETERS; VELOCITY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; WIND POWER;

COMPLEX TERRAINS; FULL SCALE MEASUREMENTS; HOT WIRE ANEMOMETRY; NEUTRAL BOUNDARY LAYER; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRIES; REDUNDANCY MEASUREMENTS; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY; WIND-TUNNEL SIMULATION;

WIND TUNNELS;

EID: 84918786089     PISSN: 10954244     EISSN: 10991824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/we.1688     Document Type: Article

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