Articles | Volume 8, issue 12
https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-8-1771-2023
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Research article
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30 Nov 2023
Research article |
| 30 Nov 2023
| 30 Nov 2023
Wake characteristics of a balloon wind turbine and aerodynamic analysis of its balloon using a large eddy simulation and actuator disk model
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