A new boundary condition for large-eddy simulation of boundary-layer flow over surface roughness transitions

Journal of Turbulence

Volumn 13, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-18

  Abkar, Mahdi ^a   Porté Agel, Fernando ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Atmospheric boundary layer; Heterogeneous terrain; Large eddy simulation; Roughness transition; Surface boundary condition model

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; FORECASTING; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; SHEAR STRESS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION;

AERODYNAMIC ROUGHNESS; GRID SIZE; HETEROGENEOUS TERRAINS; LOGARITHMIC PROFILES; MODEL-BASED OPC; MONIN-OBUKHOV SIMILARITY THEORY; SURFACE BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; SURFACE SHEAR STRESS; SURFACE TRANSITIONS; VELOCITY PROFILES; WEIGHTED AVERAGES; WEIGHTING FACTORS; WIND VELOCITIES;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS;

AERODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; BOUNDARY CONDITION; BOUNDARY LAYER; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; SHEAR STRESS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TERRAIN; WIND TUNNEL; FLOW OVER SURFACE; MONIN-OBUKHOV THEORY; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 84863979792     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14685248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14685248.2012.695077     Document Type: Article

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