A thermally stratified wind tunnel for environmental flow studies

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 30, Issue 16, 1996, Pages 2881-2887

  Ohya, Y ^a   Tatsuno, M ^a   Nakamura, Y ^a   Ueda, H ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Flow visualization; Lee wave; Stratified flow; Thermal stratification; Wind tunnel

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIRFLOW; ATMOSPHERIC DIFFUSION; CONFERENCE PAPER; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TURBULENT FLOW; WIND;

STRATIFICATION; WIND TUNNELS;

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; ENVIRONMENTAL FLOW; LEE WAVE; STRATIFIED FLOW; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; WIND TUNNEL;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; DIFFUSION; FLOW VISUALIZATION; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; WIND TUNNELS;

AIR FLOW HEATING UNIT; ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; FLOOR TEMPERATURE CONTROLLING UNIT; LEE WAVE; STRATIFIED FLOW;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

EID: 0029663881     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1352-2310(95)00256-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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