Implementation issues in 3D wind flow predictions over complex terrain

Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 539-553

  Prospathopoulos, John ^a   Voutsinas, Spyros G ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Flow over complex terrain; Micro siting; Wind energy

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; WIND POWER;

COMPLEX TERRAIN; COMPUTATIONAL GRID; FLOW OVER COMPLEX TERRAIN; MICRO-SITING;

AERODYNAMICS;

EID: 33845567772     PISSN: 01996231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2346702     Document Type: Article

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