Hybrid RANS/LES method for wind flow over complex terrain

Wind Energy

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 36-50

  Bechmann, A ^a   Sorensen N N ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

CFD; Complex terrain; Large eddy stimulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; EDDY CURRENTS; KINETIC ENERGY; KINETICS; LANDFORMS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; QUAY WALLS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; TURBULENCE MODELS; TURBULENT FLOW;

COMPLEX TERRAINS; K-EPSILON TURBULENCE MODEL; LARGE EDDY; LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER FLOW; REYNOLDS AVERAGED NAVIER STOKES (RANS)EQUATIONS; SUBGRID-SCALE STRESS MODELS; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY; TURBULENT STRUCTURES;

NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BACKSCATTER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLEX TERRAIN; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; KINETIC ENERGY; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE; WIND POWER; WIND VELOCITY;

ASKERVEIN HILL; HEBRIDES; OUTER HEBRIDES; SCOTLAND; SOUTH UIST; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77249102096     PISSN: 10954244     EISSN: 10991824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/we.346     Document Type: Article

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