Microscale computational fluid dynamics simulation for wind mapping over complex topographic terrains

Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Rasouli, Ashkan ^a   Hangan, Horia ^a  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Complex topography; Computational fluid dynamics (CFD); RANS; Roughness; Wind mapping

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX TOPOGRAPHIES; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS MODELING; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; RANS; REYNOLDS-AVERAGED NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; VERY HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTIONS; WIND MAPPING; WIND TUNNEL MEASUREMENTS;

MAPPING; MAPS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; OFFICE BUILDINGS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TALL BUILDINGS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TOPOGRAPHY; TURBULENCE MODELS; WIND POWER;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 84888085973     PISSN: 01996231     EISSN: 15288986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4024124     Document Type: Article

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