Cross-Sectional Mesh for the Rotor Disc, Tower and Surrounding Area (IMAGE)

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Cross-Sectional Mesh for the Rotor Disc, Tower and Surrounding Area

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Using a two-scale coupled momentum balance method, researchers theoretically and computationally reconstructed conditions that large wind farms might face in the future, including the dampening effect that comes with spacing turbines close to one another. Cross-sectional mesh for the rotor disc (red), tower (yellow) and surrounding area (light blue)

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Lun Ma

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