Flow around a complex building: Comparisons between experiments and a Reynolds-average Navier-Stokes approach

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 696-710

  Calhoun, Ronald J ^a   Gouveia, Frank ^a   Shinn, Joseph ^a   Chan, Stevens ^a   Stevens, Dave ^a   Lee, Roberts ^a   Leone, John ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEMOMETERS; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; DATABASE SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; VECTORS; WIND EFFECTS;

NEUTRAL FLOW; WIND-MEASURING STATION;

FLUID DYNAMICS;

BOUNDARY LAYER; BUILDING; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW AROUND OBJECT; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 3042732888     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2067.1     Document Type: Article

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