Aerodynamics of wind turbine wakes in flat and complex terrains

Renewable Energy

Volumn 85, Issue , 2016, Pages 454-463

  Subramanian, B ^a   Chokani, N ^a   Abhari, R S ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Drone; Experimental; Turbulence; Wake; Wind

Indexed keywords

KINETIC ENERGY; KINETICS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV); WAKES; WIND; WIND TURBINES;

DRONE; EXPERIMENTAL; HIGH-RESOLUTION MEASUREMENTS; REYNOLDS DECOMPOSITION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL WAKES; TURBULENCE STATISTICS; TURBULENT FLUCTUATION; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY;

AERODYNAMICS;

AERODYNAMICS; COMPLEX TERRAIN; EXPERIMENT; FLOW MODELING; FLOW VELOCITY; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SENSOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE LAYER; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW; WAKE; WIND FIELD; WIND TURBINE;

EID: 84935443228     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: 18790682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2015.06.060     Document Type: Article

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