Pulsed wall jet simulation of a stationary thunderstorm downburst, Part A: Physical structure and flow field characterization

M. S. Mason; C. W. Letchford; D. L. James

doi:10.1016/j.jweia.2005.05.006

Pulsed wall jet simulation of a stationary thunderstorm downburst, Part A: Physical structure and flow field characterization

M. S. Mason^*, C. W. Letchford, D. L. James

^*Corresponding author for this work

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A pulsed wall jet has been used to simulate the gust front of a thunderstorm downburst. Flow visualization, wind speed and surface pressure measurements were obtained. The characteristics of the hypothesized ring vortex of a full-scale downburst were reproduced at a scale estimated to be 1:3000.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	557-580
Number of pages	24
Journal	Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics
Volume	93
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jweia.2005.05.006
Publication status	Published - Jul 2005

Keywords

Downbursts
Gust fronts
Non-stationary flow
Ring vortices
Thunderstorms

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