How does turbulence change approaching a rotor?

For load calculations on wind turbines it is usually assumed that the turbulence approaching the rotor does not change its statistics as it goes through the induction zone. We investigate this assumption using a nacelle-mounted forward-looking pulsed lidar that measures low-frequency wind fluctu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: J. Mann, A. Peña, N. Troldborg, S. J. Andersen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2018-05-01
Series:Wind Energy Science
Online Access:https://www.wind-energ-sci.net/3/293/2018/wes-3-293-2018.pdf