Effects of surface roughness element spacing on boundary-layer velocity profile parameters

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 215-230

  Jia, Yunqiu ^a   Sill, B L ^a   Reinhold, T A ^a  

^a AMRL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cubes; Log law; Roughness length; Spacing

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; DRAG; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TURBULENCE; VELOCITY; WIND TUNNELS;

CUBES; LOG LAW; ROUGHNESS LENGTH; SHEAR VELOCITY; SPACING;

AERODYNAMICS;

BOUNDARY LAYER; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; VELOCITY PROFILE;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; VELOCITY PROFILES;

EID: 0032029838     PISSN: 01676105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6105(97)00289-4     Document Type: Article

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