Wake structure in actuator disk models of wind turbines in yaw under uniform inflow conditions

Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Howland, Michael F ^a   Bossuyt, Juliaan ^a,b   Martínez Tossas, Luis A ^a   Meyers, Johan ^b   Meneveau, Charles ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; WAKES; WIND POWER; WIND TUNNELS; WIND TURBINES;

LINE MODELS; POROUS DISK; UNIFORM INFLOW; WAKE LOSS; WAKE STRUCTURES; WIND FARM; WIND TUNNEL EXPERIMENT; WIND TURBINE MODELING;

ACTUATOR DISKS;

EID: 84978909298     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19417012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4955091     Document Type: Article

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