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Towards a better understanding of yawed turbine wake for efficient wake steering in tidal arrays
- Award ID(s):
- 1706358
- PAR ID:
- 10291589
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Renewable Energy
- Volume:
- 177
- Issue:
- C
- ISSN:
- 0960-1481
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- 482 to 494
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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- Journal Article:
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2021.05.152
