The Bolund Experiment, Part II: Blind Comparison of Microscale Flow Models

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 245-271

  Bechmann, A ^a   Sorensen N N ^a   Berg, J ^a   Mann, J ^a   Rethore P E ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Blind comparison; Bolund; Complex terrain; Computational fluid dynamics; Microscale; Validation

Indexed keywords

BLIND COMPARISON; BOLUND; COMPLEX TERRAINS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID; MICRO-SCALES; VALIDATION;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERRORS; EXPERIMENTS; KINETIC ENERGY; LINEARIZATION; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS;

MODELS;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW MODELING; KINETIC ENERGY; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL MODEL; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE; WIND TUNNEL;

EID: 80053639626     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-011-9637-x     Document Type: Article

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