Dynamically Resolved Simulation of Atmospheric Features and Turbulence Using Advanced Models and Adaptive Algorithms

Abstract

Development of the North Carolina State University (NCSU) adaptive high-resolution atmospheric model and the atmospheric version of the NCSU k-zeta turbulence model continued during this contract period. The boundary condition implementation at the lateral boundaries was changed to radiative type to better preserve fixed condition boundary values. A sponge layer condition was installed at the upper boundary. The solution redistribution algorithm after mesh adaptation was changed to a weighted essentially non-oscillatory algorithms in order to improve accuracy. Basic development of the turbulence model was completed and the equations are included herein. The full turbulence model was included in the code and 3-D runs were initiated to begin comparison with observation and other codes. A widely used generic 2-D windstorm case was used for confirmation and verification of the changes. initial results demonstrated the breakdown of shear layers into clear air turbulence of sufficient severity to produce 1-g vertical accelerations for aircraft.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 16, 2005
Accession Number
ADA440414

Entities

People

  • D. S. Mcrae
  • Hassan A. Hassan
  • Xudong Xiao

Organizations

  • North Carolina State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Algorithms
  • Atmospheric Motion
  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Layer
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Contracts
  • Equations
  • Gravity Waves
  • High Resolution
  • Layers
  • North Carolina
  • Simulations
  • Three Dimensional
  • Turbulence
  • Turbulent Mixing
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Finite Element Method (FEM) for solving Partial Differential Equations (PDEs)
  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.