Publication Date:
2016-06-07
Description:
An essential difference between two-dimensional and three-dimensional models of cycloidal rotors, the presence of unsteady trailing cycloidal vorticies in the wake, was studied. The velocity induced by these vorticies is the primary mechanism producing flow retardation for low span/radius ratio, finite blade number rotors. Results of using idealized rigid wake model of finite blade cycloidal rotors to investigate some cycloidal rotor problems are presented.
Keywords:
ENERGY PRODUCTION AND CONVERSION
Type:
NASA. Lewis Research Center Wind Turbine Dyn.; p 35-40
Format:
application/pdf
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