Accession Number:

AD0678592

Title:

INNER AND OUTER FLOW VELOCITY DISTRIBUTIONS THROUGH TALL SIMULATED VEGETATION.

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept.,

Corporate Author:

COLORADO STATE UNIV FORT COLLINS FLUID MECHANICS PROGRAM

Personal Author(s):

• Ito,S.
• Cermak,J. E.

Report Date:

1968-04-01

Pagination or Media Count:

67.0

Abstract:

The velocity distribution in and above model vegetation is the subject of this study. Experiments have revealed that flow over a surface which has been made rough by covering it with tall simulated plants may have a universal distribution law. Author

Descriptors:

• *ATMOSPHERIC MOTION
• VELOCITY
• TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER
• FLOW FIELDS
• PLANTS(BOTANY)
• THICKNESS
• DIFFUSION
• MATHEMATICAL MODELS
• WIND
• ROUGHNESS
• FRICTION
• APPROXIMATION(MATHEMATICS)
• DISTRIBUTION
• MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS

Subject Categories:

• Meteorology
• Fluid Mechanics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE