Research Article

Comparisons between the Wake of a Wind Turbine Generator Operated at Optimal Tip Speed Ratio and the Wake of a Stationary Disk

Figure 5

Contour plots of the streamwise ( ) velocity component, , with 30 equally spaced contour intervals between and , instantaneous field, top view of entire domain at .
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(a) WTG operated at optimal tip speed ratio
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(b) Stationary disk