Essays about: "Wake eects"

Found 2 essays containing the words Wake eects.

1. 1. A CFD Study Of The Aerodynamic Eects OfPlatooning Trucks

   University essay from KTH/Mekanik

   Author : David Norrby; [2014]
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   Abstract : In the present work the aerodynamic forces on trucks driving in so-called platoon are investigated in a numerical fashion. Driving in platoon, or convoy, refers to in an orderly manner driving in a line, one truck after the other, taking advantage of the unrecovered _ow behind each truck. The phenomenon is called slipstreaming or drafting. READ MORE

3. 2. An Experimental Study on Global TurbineArray Eects in Large Wind Turbine Clusters

   University essay from KTH/Mekanik

   Author : Patrik Berkesten Hägglund; [2013]
   Keywords : GTAE; Global Turbine Array Eects; Wind tunnel; Reynolds number; Tip speed ratio; Thrust coecient; Induction factor; Turbine model; Wake eects; Wind farm; Aerodynamic scaling; Thrust measurement; Boundary corrections; Velocity prole;

   Abstract : It is well known that the layout of a large wind turbine cluster aects the energyoutput of the wind farm. The individual placement and distances betweenturbines will in uence the wake spreading and the wind velocity decit. READ MORE