Numerical modelling of the turbulent flow developing within and over a 3-D building array, part I: A high-resolution Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes approach

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 427-466

  Lien, Fue Sang ^a   Yee, Eugene ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

3 D building array; Dispersive stresses; RANS k models

Indexed keywords

KINETIC ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; WIND TUNNELS;

DISPERSIVE STRESS; MEAN FLOW VELOCITIES; REYNOLD STRESSES; TURBULENCE KINETIC ENERGY;

TURBULENT FLOW;

BOUNDARY LAYER; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; STRATIFIED FLOW; TURBULENT FLOW; URBAN AREA; WIND TUNNEL;

BOUNDARY LAYER; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL MODEL; STRATIFIED FLOW; TURBULENT FLOW; URBAN AREA; WIND TUNNEL;

EID: 2942657606     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:BOUN.0000030654.15263.35     Document Type: Article

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