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International Journal of Rotating Machinery
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 581658, 10 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/581658
Research Article
Study on the Interaction between Two Hydrokinetic Savonius Turbines
1Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400076, India
2Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400076, India
Received 16 July 2011; Revised 9 October 2011; Accepted 1 November 2011
Academic Editor: M. Razi Nalim
Copyright © 2012 Kailash Golecha et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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