Correcting inflow measurements from hawts using a lifting-surface code

37th Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages

  Whale, J ^a,b   Fisichella, C J ^a,b   Selig, M S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b Dept Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; ANGLE OF ATTACK; LIFT; WIND TUNNELS; WIND TURBINES;

ACCURATE PERFORMANCE; AERO-DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE; CORRECTION METHOD; DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY; IN-FLOW MEASUREMENTS; NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY; SPANWISE CIRCULATION DISTRIBUTION; WIND TUNNEL TESTS;

CODES (SYMBOLS);

EID: 84983103431     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1999-40     Document Type: Conference Paper

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