Numerical simulation of atmospheric flow over complex terrain

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics

Volumn 81, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 283-293

  Uchida, Takanori ^a   Ohya, Yuji ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Body fitted coordinate (BFC) grid system; Collocated variable arrangement; Computational fluid dynamics; Finite difference method; Isolated hill; Orthogonal grid system; Real complex terrain; Staggered variable arrangement

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; LANDFORMS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION;

ATMOSPHERIC FLOW; BODY FITTED COORDINATE GRID SYSTEM; COLLOCATED VARIABLE ARRANGEMENT; REAL COMPLEX TERRAIN; STAGGERED VARIABLE ARRANGEMENT; TOPOGRAPHY;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE;

ATMOSPHERIC FLOW; COMPLEX TERRAIN; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 0032853066     PISSN: 01676105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6105(99)00024-0     Document Type: Article

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