An advanced actuator line method for wind energy applications and beyond

35th Wind Energy Symposium, 2017

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages

  Churchfield, Matthew J ^a   Schreck, Scott ^a   Martínez Tossas, Luis A ^b   Meneveau, Charles ^b   Spalart, Philippe R ^c  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^c BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRFOILS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW FIELDS; HELICOPTER ROTORS; MESH GENERATION; ONE DIMENSIONAL; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

COMPUTATIONAL COSTS; CURRENT ACTUATORS; ENERGY APPLICATIONS; FORCE DISTRIBUTIONS; FREE-STREAM VELOCITY; PROJECTION FUNCTION; ROTOR AERODYNAMICS; SAMPLING METHOD;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 85035145679     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2017-1998     Document Type: Conference Paper

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