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Original Articles

Large eddy simulations and parameterisation of roughness element orientation and flow direction effects in rough wall boundary layers

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Pages 1072-1085 | Received 11 Jun 2016, Accepted 15 Jul 2016, Published online: 11 Aug 2016

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