Computational modelling for wind energy assessment

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics

Volumn 96, Issue 10-11, 2008, Pages 1571-1590

  Ayotte, Keith W ^a  

^a Windlab Systems   (Australia)

Author keywords

LES; Modelling; Separation; Turbulence; Wind resource

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; SURFACE TREATMENT;

COMPUTATIONAL MODELLING; COMPUTATIONAL POWER; FINITE DEPTH; FOREST CANOPIES; LARGE-EDDY SIMULATIONS; LAYER FLOW; LES; MODELLING; OUTER LAYERS; PARAMETER SPACES; REYNOLDS-AVERAGED NAVIER-STOKES; ROUGHNESS LENGTHS; SEPARATED FLOWS; SEPARATION; STRONG COUPLINGS; SURFACE BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; TOPOGRAPHIC FEATURES; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT MOTIONS; WIND ENERGY ASSESSMENT; WIND INDUSTRY; WIND RESOURCE; WIND RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; WIND RESOURCES; WIND TUNNEL MEASUREMENTS;

WIND POWER;

EID: 49049096932     PISSN: 01676105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jweia.2008.02.002     Document Type: Article

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