Hybrid RANS/LES applied to complex terrain

Wind Energy

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 225-237

  Bechmann, A ^a   Sorensen N N ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

CFD; Complex Terrain; Computational Fluid Dynamics; Large Eddy Simulation; LES; Site Assessment; Wind Energy; Wind turbine

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; LANDFORMS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; WALL FUNCTION; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

COMPLEX TERRAINS; COMPUTATIONAL COSTS; COMPUTATIONAL GRIDS; HIGH ASPECT RATIO; NEAR-WALL VELOCITY PROFILE; REYNOLDS AVERAGED; SITE ASSESSMENT; TURBULENT STRUCTURES;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

COMPLEX TERRAIN; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINE;

EID: 79952590039     PISSN: 10954244     EISSN: 10991824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/we.414     Document Type: Article

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