The general momentum theory

Research Topics in Wind Energy

Volumn 4, Issue , 2016, Pages 43-58

  Sørensen, Jens Nørkær ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOMENTUM;

ACTUATOR DISC; AXIAL MOMENTUM THEORY; GENERAL MOMENTUM THEORY; MOMENTUM THEORY; PRESSURE JUMPS; ROTATIONAL VELOCITY;

ACTUATOR DISKS;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; FLOW VELOCITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; WIND POWER;

EID: 85019658114     PISSN: 21967806     EISSN: 21967814     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-22114-4_4     Document Type: Chapter

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