Computational modeling of wind flow around a group of buildings

International Journal of Computational Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 651-670

  Tutar, M ^a   Oguz G ^a  

^a MERSIN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Atmospheric boundary layer flow; Building; Channeling effect; K turbulence model; LES approach; Turbulence modeling

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; CHANNELING EFFECT; COMPUTATIONAL FLOW MODELING; K - Ε; LES APPROACH; TURBULENCE MODEL; TURBULENCE MODELING;

ATMOSPHERICS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BUILDINGS; COMPRESSIBLE FLOW; FUNCTIONS; KINETIC ENERGY; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; STRAIN; TENSORS; TURBULENCE; VISCOSITY; WIND;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 10044273252     PISSN: 10618562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10618560412331291160     Document Type: Review

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