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Ground effects on pressure fluctuations in the atmospheric boundary layer

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2006

M. M. Gibson  and
B. E. Launder
M. M. Gibson
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College, London
B. E. Launder
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Davis
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Abstract

Proposals are made for modelling the pressure-containing correlations which appear in the transport equations for Reynolds stress and heat flux in a simple way which accounts for gravitational effects and the modification of the fluctuating pressure field by the presence of a wall. The predicted changes in structure are shown to agree with Young's (1975) measurements in a free stratified shear flow and with the Kansas data on the atmospheric surface layer.

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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 86 , Issue 3 , 14 June 1978 , pp. 491 - 511
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© 1978 Cambridge University Press

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