GE using Large Eddy Simulation on Sandia’s Red Mesa to lay groundwork for quieter wind turbine blades with better power yield
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AUGUST 15, 2013
Transition of flow to turbulence on a wind-turbine airfoil; isosurfaces of vorticity from a Large Eddy Simulation (LES). In a 2011 survey of techniques to reduce wind turbine blade noise, Sandia researcher Matthew Barone noted that: There are two primary classes of noise sources on a wind turbine. Credit: GE Global Research.
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