Large-eddy simulation of plume dispersion under various thermally stratified boundary layers

Bibliographic Details
Title: Large-eddy simulation of plume dispersion under various thermally stratified boundary layers
Authors: H. Nakayama, T. Takemi, H. Nagai
Source: Advances in Science and Research, Vol 11, Pp 75-81 (2014)
Publisher Information: Copernicus Publications, 2014.
Publication Year: 2014
Collection: LCC:Science
LCC:Physics
LCC:Meteorology. Climatology
Subject Terms: Science, Physics, QC1-999, Meteorology. Climatology, QC851-999
More Details: Contaminant gas dispersion in atmospheric boundary layer is of great concern to public health. For the accurate prediction of the dispersion problem, the present study numerically investigates the behavior of plume dispersion by taking into account the atmospheric stability which is classified into three types; neutral, stable, and convective boundary layers. We first proposed an efficient method to generate spatially-developing, thermally-stratified boundary layers and examined the usefulness of our approach by comparing to wind tunnel experimental data for various thermal boundary layers. The spreads of plume in the spanwise direction are quantitatively underestimated especially at large downwind distances from the point source, owing to the underestimation of turbulence intensities for the spanwise component; however, the dependence of the spanwise spreads to atmospheric stability is well represented in a qualitative sense. It was shown that the large-eddy simulation (LES) model provides physically reasonable results.
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
ISSN: 1992-0628
1992-0636
Relation: http://www.adv-sci-res.net/11/75/2014/asr-11-75-2014.pdf; https://doaj.org/toc/1992-0628; https://doaj.org/toc/1992-0636
DOI: 10.5194/asr-11-75-2014
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/29ca7b067989486caa0e3f513e5f3846
Accession Number: edsdoj.29ca7b067989486caa0e3f513e5f3846
Database: Directory of Open Access Journals
More Details
ISSN:19920628
19920636
DOI:10.5194/asr-11-75-2014
Published in:Advances in Science and Research
Language:English