Numerical Prediction of Thermal Effect on Flow Field around a High-Rise Building Model

Abstract:

Recently, CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) is being more and more used in the investigation of the flow and thermal around high-rise buildings. In this study, prediction of thermal effect on flow pattern around high-rise buildings model located in the surface boundary layer was carried out using k-e turbulence model. Investigation of thermal effect on flow pattern behind the building and comparison between isothermal and non-isothermal building using standard k-e showed that the surface temperature of building wall led to a strong upward motion close to heating wall and decreased the reattachment length behind it. The model sittings of validation study was accomplished by comparing the simulation of wind flow around building models with the experimental data of Architectural Institute of Japan (AIJ) that results showed in weak wind region, standard k-e has good agreement with experimental.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 554)
• Pages: 680-685
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.554.680
• Online since: June 2014
• Authors: Fatemeh Behrouzi, Adi Maimun Abdul Malik*, Nor Azwadi Che Sidik, Mehdi Nakisa, Afiq Muhammad Yazid Witri
• Keywords: CFD, High-Rise Building, Thermal Effect

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