Dynamic roughness model for large-eddy simulation of turbulent flow over multiscale, fractal-like rough surfaces

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 679, Issue , 2011, Pages 288-314

  Anderson, W ^a   Meneveau, C ^a  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

turbulence modelling; turbulence simulation; turbulent boundary layers

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; DRAG; FOURIER SERIES; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; TURBULENCE; TURBULENCE MODELS; TURBULENT FLOW;

FULLY DEVELOPED FLOWS; HEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; MEAN VELOCITY PROFILES; MONIN OBUKHOV SIMILARITIES; ROUGHNESS PARAMETERS; SUBGRID SCALE STRESS; TURBULENCE SIMULATION; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYERS;

SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

FLOW MODELING; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER;

EID: 80052178618     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2011.137     Document Type: Article

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