Mathematical derivation of spatially-averaged momentum equations for an urban canopy model using underlying concepts of the immersed boundary method

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 185-207

  Kono, Takaaki ^a,b   Ashie, Yasunobu ^c   Tamura, Tetsuro ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b BUILDING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c National Institute for Land Infrastructure   (Japan)

Author keywords

Large eddy simulation; Spatial average; Subgrid scale stress; Urban canopy

Indexed keywords

BODY FORCES; COMPLETELY CONTINUOUS; EXTERNAL FORCE FIELD; GRID RESOLUTION; IMMERSED BOUNDARY METHODS; MATHEMATICAL DERIVATION; MOMENTUM BUDGET; MOMENTUM EQUATION; MOMENTUM FIELDS; NEW APPROACHES; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; REGULAR ARRAY; SGS STRESS; SIMULATION RESULT; SPATIAL AVERAGE; SPATIAL FILTERINGS; SUBGRID SCALE; SUBGRID SCALE STRESS; URBAN CANOPIES; URBAN CANOPY MODELS; WIND SPEED;

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MOMENTUM; TURBULENT FLOW;

NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS;

BOUNDARY LAYER; ESTIMATION METHOD; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL MODEL; URBAN CLIMATE; WIND DIRECTION;

EID: 77952549486     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-010-9475-2     Document Type: Article

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