NWTC Furling (Wind-Tunnel Studies)

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by Scott Larwood
University of California at Davis

Here is a list of studies of data that NWTC staff took in the NASA/Ames 80'x120' wind tunnel that are applicable to small turbine work:

Comparison of wake data to wake models.
Comparison of wake flow visualization to wake models.
Extraction of induced velocity at the rotor from five-hole probe data.
Comparison of measured induced velocity to output of induced velocity from rotor aerodynamic models.
Comparison of measured induced velocity to wake velocity measurements.
Turbine loads under static yaw conditions.
Turbine loads under dynamic yaw conditions.
Rotor generalized forces and moments under static yaw conditions.
Rotor generalized forces and moments under dynamic yaw conditions.
Determination of thrust center.
Wake measurements in the region of the tail vane.
Wake coherence in the region of the tail vane.
Influence of the tower with upwind turbine operation.
Power curves under yawed conditions.

This page was last updated by M. Buhl on 6-May-2005.

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