Turbulence in vegetated flows: Volume-average analysis and modelling aspects

Acta Geophysica

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 894-917

  Souliotis, Dimitris ^a   Prinos, Panagiotis ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

RANS; Turbulence; VA analysis; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TURBULENCE;

BOUSSINESQ HYPOTHESIS; HEIDELBERG (CO); REYNOLDS-AVERAGED NAVIER STOKES (RANS) EQUATIONS; THREE DIMENSIONAL (3D); TRANSPORT EQUATIONS;

TURBULENCE MODELS;

BOUSSINESQ EQUATION; FLOW MODELING; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; THEORETICAL STUDY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW; TURBULENT FLOW; VEGETATION COVER;

EID: 47249129046     PISSN: 18956572     EISSN: 18957455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11600-008-0027-9     Document Type: Article

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