Fluid Mechanics of Vertical Axis Turbines : Simulations and Model Development

Two computationally fast fluid mechanical models for vertical axis turbines are the streamtube and the vortex model. The streamtube model is the fastest, allowing three-dimensional modeling of the ...

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