Microscale flow modelling: Possibilities and limitations

European Wind Energy Conference and Exhibition 2006, EWEC 2006

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 1460-1467

  Undheim, Ove ^a  

^a Kjeller Vindteknikk AS   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC FLOWS; COMPLEX TERRAINS; INFLOW BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; MICROSCALE FLOWS; REYNOLDS - AVERAGED NAVIER-STOKES; REYNOLDS STRESS MODELS; SURFACE BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; EXHIBITIONS; TURBULENCE MODELS; WIND POWER;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 84876561714     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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