Study of atmospheric boundary layer flows over a coastal cliff

Wind Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 3-24

  Gasset, Nicolas ^a   Poitras, Gérard J ^a   Gagnon, Yves ^a   Brothers, Carl ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONCTON   (Canada)

^b Atlantic Wind Test Site   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atmospheric boundary layer; Coastal cliff; Computational wind engineering; Forward facing step; Full size comparisons; RNG k ; Roughness heigh

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); WIND TURBINES;

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYERS; COASTAL CLIFF; GROUND CONDITIONS; WIND POWER INFRASTRUCTURES;

WIND POWER;

AIRFLOW; ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; CLIFF; WIND ENGINEERING;

AIRFLOW; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLIFF;

EID: 21644467253     PISSN: 0309524X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1260/0309524054353719     Document Type: Article

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