Numerical Models of Wind Effects on Temperature Loaded Object

Abstract:

Wind climate influencing wind loads on buildings and other structures, as well as the dispersion of pollutants from various surfaces is essentially determined by small-scale motions and processes occurring in the atmospheric boundary layer (ABL). The physical and thermal properties of the underlying surface, in conjunction with the dynamics and thermodynamics of the lower atmosphere influence the distribution of wind velocity in thermally stratified ABL. Atmospheric turbulence is characterized by a high degree of irregularity, three-dimensionality, diffusivity, dissipation, and a wide range of motion scales. This article describes a change of selected turbulent variables in the surroundings of flow around a thermally loaded object. The problem is solved numerically in Ansys Fluent 13.0 software using LES (Large eddy simulation) models as well as the Transition SST (Shear Stress Transport) model that is able to take into account the difference between high and low turbulence at the interface between the wake behind an obstacle and the free stream. The results are mutually compared and verified with experimental measurements in the wind tunnel.

• Periodical: Key Engineering Materials (Volume 738)
• Pages: 69-78
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.738.69
• Online since: June 2017
• Authors: Vladimira Michalcova*, Lenka Lausova, Iveta Skotnicova, Sergej Kuznetsov
• Keywords: CFD, Climatic Wind Tunnel, Complex Terrain, DES, LES, SAS, Thermal Stratification, Transition SST Model, Turbulence

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