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https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-6-961-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-6-961-2021
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30 Jun 2021
Research article |  | 30 Jun 2021

How realistic are the wakes of scaled wind turbine models?

Chengyu Wang, Filippo Campagnolo, Helena Canet, Daniel J. Barreiro, and Carlo L. Bottasso

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This paper quantifies the fidelity of the wakes generated by a small (1 m diameter) scaled wind turbine model operated in a large boundary layer wind tunnel. A detailed scaling analysis accompanied by large-eddy simulations shows that these wakes are very realistic scaled versions of the ones generated by the parent full-scale wind turbine in the field.
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