Influence of inflow conditions on turbine loading and wake structures predicted by large eddy simulations using exact geometry

Wind Energy

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 803-824

  Zhou, Nina ^a   Chen, Jun ^a   Adams, Douglas E ^b   Fleeter, Sanford ^a  

^a Purdue University   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

aerodynamic loadings; large eddy simulation; turbulence intensity; wake characteristics; wind shear

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC LOADS; AERODYNAMICS; COPYRIGHTS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; SHEAR FLOW; TURBULENCE; VORTEX FLOW; WAKES;

AERODYNAMIC LOADING; HELICAL STRUCTURES; LATERAL DIRECTIONS; NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY; SMALL-SCALE STRUCTURES; TURBULENCE GENERATION; TURBULENCE INTENSITY; WIND SHEARS;

LOADING;

AERODYNAMICS; EQUIPMENT COMPONENT; GEOMETRY; INFLOW; LABORATORY METHOD; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; RESEARCH INSTITUTION; TURBULENCE; VORTICITY; WAKE; WIND SHEAR; WIND TURBINE;

EID: 84930903604     PISSN: 10954244     EISSN: 10991824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/we.1866     Document Type: Article

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