Terrain effects on wind flow: Simulations with an immersed boundary method

Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo

Volumn 1, Issue , 2011, Pages 869-878

  Jafari, S ^a   Chokani, N ^a   Abhari, R S ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARBITRARY TOPOGRAPHY; ASKERVEIN HILL; ATMOSPHERIC FLOWS; BODY-FITTED GRIDS; CARTESIAN GRID; CO-ORDINATE TRANSFORMATION; COMPLEX TERRAINS; DIGITAL ELEVATION MAP; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; GRID GENERATION; IMMERSED BOUNDARY METHODS; IMMERSED SURFACES; MICROSITING; NUMERICAL ERRORS; RANS SOLVER; RECTANGULAR DOMAIN; RECTANGULAR GRIDS; TERRAIN EFFECT; TERRAIN SURFACES; TEST CASE; WIND DIRECTIONS; WIND FLOW; WIND RESOURCES;

AIRCRAFT ENGINES; ALTERNATIVE FUELS; EXHIBITIONS; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS;

EID: 84865508957     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/GT2011-46240     Document Type: Conference Paper

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