Simulation of airflow around rain gauges: Comparison of LES with RANS models

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 43-58

  Constantinescu, George S ^a   Krajewski, Witold F ^a   Ozdemir, Celalettin E ^a   Tokyay, Talia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coherent structures; Computational fluid dynamics; Large eddy simulation; Numerical simulations; Rain gauge measurement

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; RAIN GAGES; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STATISTICAL METHODS; TURBULENT FLOW; UNSTEADY FLOW; WAKES; WIND EFFECTS;

AIR FLOW; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION (LES) MODEL; REYNOLDS AVERAGED NAVIER-STOKES (RANS) SIMULATIONS; SHEAR STRESS TRANSPORT; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY (TKE);

AERODYNAMICS;

AERODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; RAIN GAGES; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STATISTICAL METHODS; TURBULENT FLOW; UNSTEADY FLOW; WAKES; WIND EFFECTS;

AIRFLOW; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; RAINDROP; RAINGAUGE; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

EID: 33750943817     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2006.02.011     Document Type: Article

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