Flow and dispersion over hills: Comparison between numerical predictions and experimental data

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics

Volumn 67-68, Issue , 1997, Pages 375-386

  Apsley, David D ^a,b   Castro, Ian P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atmospheric dispersion; Finite volume methods; k model; Turbulence modelling

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; SOFTWARE PACKAGE SWIFT;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

DISPERSION; FLOW; HILL; TURBULENCE;

ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; COMPLEX TERRAIN; HILL; TOPOGRAPHY; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0031109544     PISSN: 01676105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6105(97)00087-1     Document Type: Article

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