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They then defined a hydrodynamic component <strong>of</strong> the kinematic<br />

pressure field, P, as<br />

P = d - 2 -<br />

= dfwdz + ^-fuwdz-w 2 --j-[K-^dz+0.65E (11)<br />

dtJ dxJ dxJ dz<br />

which gave<br />

du + dul duw = B£_dP B<br />

dt 8x dz g dx ~dx ~dz<br />

Turbulence closure was achieved using a turbulence energy<br />

equation<br />

~\ ~\ '* ~* J.v I — I v. < _ i .LV ^r i • j.\. —= —^- i_j ——— w . _) _; jj; ————<br />

ot dx dz \ dz/ dz\ dz/ dz dx dx dz<br />

with<br />

^ = c 1 / 4 .^ 1 / 2 , e = g—f— (14)<br />

where c was an empirical constant taken as 0.08 and 1 was the<br />

characteristic length scale <strong>of</strong> the vertical mixing process.<br />

1 was prescribed by<br />

where K is the Von Karman constant<br />

A6-3

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