Numerical simulation of three-dimensional, transient snow drifting around a cube

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics

Volumn 92, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 725-747

  Beyers, J H M ^a   Sundsbo P A ^b   Harms, T M ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b Narvik Institute of Technology   (Norway)

Author keywords

Accumulation; Antarctica; Erosion; Numerical modelling; Snow drifting

Indexed keywords

ANEMOMETERS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; SNOW; TURBULENT FLOW;

ANTARCTICA; SANAE IV RESEARCH STATIONS; SNOW DRIFTING;

WIND EFFECTS;

CUBE; DRIFT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL METHOD; SNOW; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; WIND PROFILE;

EID: 2642558020     PISSN: 01676105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jweia.2004.03.011     Document Type: Article

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