Quantifying the airflow distortion over merchant ships. Part I: Validation of a CFD model

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 341-350

  Moat, Bengamin I ^a   Yelland, Margaret J ^a   Pascal, Robin W ^a   Molland, Anthony F ^b  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEMOMETERS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW PATTERNS; HULLS (SHIP); REYNOLDS NUMBER; WIND;

FLOW DISTORTION; MERCHANT SHIPS; WIND SPEED MEASUREMENTS;

OCEAN ENGINEERING;

ANEMOMETERS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW PATTERNS; HULLS (SHIP); OCEAN ENGINEERING; REYNOLDS NUMBER; WIND;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; AIRFLOW; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; MERCHANT SHIP; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 33646205268     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH1858.1     Document Type: Article

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