Computation of 3-D stratified turbulent flow around a mountain

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 13, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 309-315

  Sha, Weiming ^a  

^a NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Flow splitting; Lee vortex; Numerical computation; Stratified flow; Wave breaking

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VORTEX FLOW;

FLOW SPLITTING; LEE VORTEX; STRATIFIED FLOW; WAVE BREAKING;

TURBULENT FLOW;

MOUNTAIN; STRATIFIED FLOW; TURBULENT FLOW;

MOUNTAIN; OROGRAPHY; STRATIFIED FLOW; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0032193880     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-8152(98)00032-2     Document Type: Article

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