New inflow boundary conditions for modelling the neutral equilibrium atmospheric boundary layer in computational wind engineering

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 88-95

  Yang, Yi ^a,b   Gu, Ming ^b   Chen, Suqin ^c   Jin, Xinyang ^d  

^a SHANTOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Tongji University   (China)

^c TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d CHINA ACADEMY OF BUILDING RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Boundary conditions; Computational wind engineering; RANS; Self sustainable equilibrium atmospheric boundary layer; Standard k model

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATE SOLUTIONS; COMPUTATIONAL WIND ENGINEERING; INFLOW BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; INFLOW TURBULENCES; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; RANS; SELF-SUSTAINABLE EQUILIBRIUM ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; TRANSPORT EQUATIONS;

AERODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; STANDARDS; TELECOMMUNICATION LINKS; TROPOSPHERE; TURBULENCE; WIND EFFECTS;

TURBULENCE MODELS;

EID: 67349163242     PISSN: 01676105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jweia.2008.12.001     Document Type: Article

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