Modelling uncertainty in t-RANS simulations of thermally stratified forest canopy flows for wind energy studies

dc.contributor.authorDesmond, Cian J.
dc.contributor.authorWatson, Simon
dc.contributor.authorMontavon, Christiane
dc.contributor.authorMurphy, Jimmy
dc.contributor.funderEuropean Regional Development Fund
dc.date.accessioned2018-09-27T12:08:26Z
dc.date.available2018-09-27T12:08:26Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractThe flow over densely forested terrain under neutral and non-neutral conditions is considered using commercially available computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software. Results are validated against data from a site in Northeastern France. It is shown that the effects of both neutral and stable atmospheric stratifications can be modelled numerically using state of the art methodologies whilst unstable stratifications will require further consideration. The sensitivity of the numerical model to parameters such as canopy height and canopy density is assessed and it is shown that atmospheric stability is the prevailing source of modelling uncertainty for the study.en
dc.description.sponsorshipEuropean Regional Development Fund (INTERREG Atlantic Area Program project ARCWIND EAPA_344/2016)en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.articleid1703
dc.identifier.citationDesmond, C., Watson, S., Montavon, C. and Murphy, J. (2018) 'Modelling uncertainty in t-RANS simulations of thermally stratified forest canopy flows for wind energy studies', Energies, 11(7), 1703 (25pp). doi: 10.3390/en11071703en
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/en11071703
dc.identifier.endpage25
dc.identifier.issn1996-1073
dc.identifier.issued7
dc.identifier.journaltitleEnergiesen
dc.identifier.startpage1
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/6949
dc.identifier.volume11
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherMDPI AGen
dc.relation.urihttp://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/11/7/1703
dc.rights© 2018, by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).en
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectWind energyen
dc.subjectComputational fluid dynamics (cfd)en
dc.subjectNon-neutralen
dc.subjectForesten
dc.subjectCanopyen
dc.subjectSite assessmenten
dc.subjectVaudeville-le-hauten
dc.titleModelling uncertainty in t-RANS simulations of thermally stratified forest canopy flows for wind energy studiesen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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