Premium
A three‐dimensional simulation of wind flow around buildings
Author(s) -
Hanson T.,
Summers D. M.,
Wilson C. B.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
international journal for numerical methods in fluids
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.938
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1097-0363
pISSN - 0271-2091
DOI - 10.1002/fld.1650060303
Subject(s) - computational fluid dynamics , flow (mathematics) , wind tunnel , power law , mechanics , computer simulation , meteorology , mathematics , geology , physics , statistics
The steady Navier–Stokes equation is solved to simulate the wind‐flow environment of three‐dimensional configurations of buildings. The method assumes an incident wind described by a power‐law velocity profile. A new method for controlling the two‐part nested solution iteration is introduced. The simulation is compared to some published wind‐tunnel measurements.