Effects of Leading Edge Defect on the Aerodynamic and Flow Characteristics of an S809 Airfoil.

Unexpected performance degradation occurs in wind turbine blades due to leading edge defect when suffering from continuous impacts with rain drops, hails, insects, or solid particles during its operation life. To assess this issue, this paper numerically investigates the steady and dynamic stall cha...

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Main Authors: Yan Wang, Xiaojing Zheng, Ruifeng Hu, Ping Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5033410?pdf=render