Numerical modelling of the turbulent flow developing within and over a 3-D building array, part III: A distributed drag force approach, its implementation and application

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 287-313

  Lien, Fue Sang ^a   Yee, Eugene ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

3 D building arrays; Distributed drag force; Drag coefficient; Turbulence modelling; Urban flows

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRAG; ENERGY DISSIPATION; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; KINETIC ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; POROUS MATERIALS; VISCOSITY;

EDDY VISCOSITY EFFECTS; OBSTACLE-ATMOSPHERE INTERACTION; REYNOLDS STRESSES;

TURBULENT FLOW;

BUILDING; DRAG COEFFICIENT; MODELING; TURBULENT FLOW;

BUILDING; DRAG COEFFICIENT; MODELING; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 10244262275     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-004-1987-1     Document Type: Article

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