Towards full predictions of temperature dynamics in McNary Dam forebay using OpenFOAM

Water Science and Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 317-330

  Wang, Yu Shi ^a   Politano, Marcela ^a   Laughery, Ryan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b U S ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

McNary Dam forebay; OpenFOAM; Reservoir; Thermal dynamics; Three dimensional numerical simulation; Water temperature

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; DYNAMICS; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT TRANSFER; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE; OPEN SYSTEMS; RESIDENCE TIME DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE;

FOREBAY; OPENFOAM; THERMAL DYNAMICS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; WATER TEMPERATURES;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

EID: 84883435365     PISSN: 16742370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3882/j.issn.1674-2370.2013.03.008     Document Type: Article

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