Large-Eddy Simulation of the Wind Field and Plume Dispersion Within Different Obstacle Arrays Using a Dynamic Mixing Length Subgrid-Scale Model

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 439-455

  Gu, Zhao Lin ^a,b   Jiao, Jian Ying ^a   Su, Jun Wei ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Contaminant dispersion; Large eddy simulation; Mixing length; Subgrid scale model; Wind tunnel

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE PREDICTION; BUILDING ARRAY; COMPLEX TURBULENT FLOWS; CONTAMINANT DISPERSION; DYNAMIC MIXING; EDDY SIMULATION; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; HIGH REYNOLDS NUMBER; MEAN VELOCITIES; MIXING LENGTH; MULTISCALES; OBSTACLE ARRAY; PLUME DISPERSION; RELATIVE ERRORS; SUB-GRID SCALE MODELS; SUBGRID-SCALE MODEL; URBAN CANYONS; VELOCITY FLUCTUATIONS; WIND FIELD;

AERODYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTAMINATION; DISPERSIONS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MIXING; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCITY; WIND TUNNELS;

AIR POLLUTION;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ERROR ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MIXING; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENT FLOW; WIND DIRECTION; WIND FIELD; WIND TUNNEL; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 79955522605     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-010-9587-8     Document Type: Article

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