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Turbulent unsteady flow analysis of horizontal axis wind turbine airfoil aerodynamics based on the harmonic balance Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes equations

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Turbulent unsteady flow analysis of horizontal axis wind turbine airfoil aerodynamics based on the harmonic balance Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes equations. / Campobasso, Sergio; Gigante, Fabio; Drofelnik, Jernej.
ASME Turbo Expo 2014: turbine technical conference and exposition: oil and gas applications; organic rankine cycle power systems; supercritical CO2 power cycles; wind energy. Vol. 3B The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2014. GT2014-25559.

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Campobasso, S, Gigante, F & Drofelnik, J 2014, Turbulent unsteady flow analysis of horizontal axis wind turbine airfoil aerodynamics based on the harmonic balance Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes equations. in ASME Turbo Expo 2014: turbine technical conference and exposition: oil and gas applications; organic rankine cycle power systems; supercritical CO2 power cycles; wind energy. vol. 3B, GT2014-25559, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers. https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2014-25559

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Campobasso, S., Gigante, F., & Drofelnik, J. (2014). Turbulent unsteady flow analysis of horizontal axis wind turbine airfoil aerodynamics based on the harmonic balance Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes equations. In ASME Turbo Expo 2014: turbine technical conference and exposition: oil and gas applications; organic rankine cycle power systems; supercritical CO2 power cycles; wind energy (Vol. 3B). Article GT2014-25559 The American Society of Mechanical Engineers. https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2014-25559

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Campobasso S, Gigante F, Drofelnik J. Turbulent unsteady flow analysis of horizontal axis wind turbine airfoil aerodynamics based on the harmonic balance Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes equations. In ASME Turbo Expo 2014: turbine technical conference and exposition: oil and gas applications; organic rankine cycle power systems; supercritical CO2 power cycles; wind energy. Vol. 3B. The American Society of Mechanical Engineers. 2014. GT2014-25559 doi: 10.1115/GT2014-25559

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Campobasso, Sergio ; Gigante, Fabio ; Drofelnik, Jernej. / Turbulent unsteady flow analysis of horizontal axis wind turbine airfoil aerodynamics based on the harmonic balance Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes equations. ASME Turbo Expo 2014: turbine technical conference and exposition: oil and gas applications; organic rankine cycle power systems; supercritical CO2 power cycles; wind energy. Vol. 3B The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2014.

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