Streamwise Versus Spanwise Spacing of Obstacle Arrays: Parametrization of the Effects on Drag and Turbulence

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 579-596

  Simón Moral, Andres ^a   Santiago, Jose Luis ^a   Krayenhoff, E Scott ^b   Martilli, Alberto ^a  

^a CIEMAT   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Building packing densities; Drag coefficients; Length scales; Obstacle array; Reynolds averaged Navier Stokes; Urban canopy parametrization

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; METEOROLOGY;

LENGTH SCALE; OBSTACLE ARRAY; PACKING DENSITY; PARAMETRIZATIONS; REYNOLDS-AVERAGED NAVIER-STOKES;

DRAG COEFFICIENT;

DRAG COEFFICIENT; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; PARAMETERIZATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 84898546006     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-013-9901-3     Document Type: Article

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