Conference paper
How fine is fine enough when doing CFD terrain simulations
The present work addresses the problem of establishing the necessary grid resolution to obtain a given level of numerical accuracy using a CFD model for prediction of flow over terrain. It is illustrated, that a very high resolution may be needed if the numerical difference between consecutive refinements should be of the order of one percent for all flow directions.
For the present terrain case, resolution in the order of 1 billion grid points is needed.
Language: | English |
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Publisher: | European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) |
Year: | 2012 |
Pages: | 1167-1172 |
Proceedings: | EWEC 2012 - European Wind Energy Conference & Exhibition |
Types: | Conference paper |
ORCIDs: | Sørensen, Niels N. , Bechmann, Andreas , Réthoré, Pierre-Elouan , Cavar, Dalibor and Kelly, Mark C. |