Wind flow simulations on idealized and real complex terrain using various turbulence models

Advances in Engineering Software

Volumn 75, Issue , 2014, Pages 30-41

  Abdi, Daniel S ^a   Bitsuamlak, Girma T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Complex terrain; Computational fluid dynamics; FSUR; LES; RANS; Topography; Turbulence models

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LANDFORMS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TOPOGRAPHY; TURBULENCE MODELS; WAKES; WIND EFFECTS;

ADVERSE PRESSURE GRADIENT; COMPLEX TERRAINS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; FSUR; HIGH REYNOLDS NUMBER FLOWS; LES; RANS; RANS TURBULENCE MODELS;

WALL FUNCTION;

EID: 84901934898     PISSN: 09659978     EISSN: 18735339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advengsoft.2014.05.002     Document Type: Article

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