Wind conditions in idealized building clusters: Macroscopic simulations using a porous turbulence model

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 129-159

  Hang, Jian ^a   Li, Yuguo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Building array; Macroscopic simulation; Porosity; Porous media; Porous turbulence model

Indexed keywords

AIR; BUILDINGS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; GEOMETRY; KINETIC ENERGY; KINETICS; PARALLEL FLOW; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS; TURBULENT FLOW;

BUILDING ARRAY; INTERFACE CONDITIONS; K-EPSILON TURBULENCE MODEL; MACROSCOPIC SIMULATION; MICROSCOPIC SIMULATION; TIME-AVERAGED PROPERTIES; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY; VOLUME AVERAGING TECHNIQUES;

TURBULENCE MODELS;

AIRFLOW; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BUILDING; KINETIC ENERGY; POROSITY; POROUS MEDIUM; SIMULATION; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW; WIND FIELD;

EID: 77953690379     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-010-9490-3     Document Type: Article

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