Numerical assessment of turbulence effect on the evaluation of wind-driven rain specific catch ratio

International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1253-1261

  Abadie, Marc O ^a   Mendes, Nathan ^a  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Reynolds stress model; Specific catch ratio; Turbulence intensity; Wind driven rain

Indexed keywords

DROP FORMATION; DROPS; GAGES; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; RAIN; REYNOLDS NUMBER; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; TRAJECTORIES; TURBULENCE;

AIRFLOW FIELDS; COUPLING MODELS; DROPLET TRAJECTORIES; EULERIAN; LAGRANGIAN; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; RAIN GAUGES; REYNOLDS STRESS MODEL; SECOND MOMENTS; SPECIFIC CATCH RATIO; TURBULENCE EFFECTS; TURBULENCE INTENSITY; WIND TURBULENCES; WINDWARD SURFACES;

WIND STRESS;

EID: 56349128144     PISSN: 07351933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2008.08.013     Document Type: Article

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