CMS-Flow:Wind Pressure
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Wind and Atmospheric Pressure
In CMS-Flow the wind shear stress is calculated as
Failed to parse (SVG with PNG fallback (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://en.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \tau_{wind} = \rho_a C_d |W| W }
where
| Symbol | Description | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Failed to parse (SVG with PNG fallback (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://en.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \tau_{wind}} | Wind shear stress | Pa |
| Failed to parse (SVG with PNG fallback (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://en.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \rho_a} | Atmospheric density (~1.2 kg/m^3) | kg/m^3 |
| Failed to parse (SVG with PNG fallback (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://en.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle C_d} | Wind drag coefficient | none |
| Failed to parse (SVG with PNG fallback (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://en.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle W} | 10-min averaged wind speed at 10 m above the sea surface | m/sec |