Open AccessLaboratory modeling in urban climatology
Author(s) -
A. Evgrafova,
A. Sukhanovskii
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
vestnik permskogo universiteta. seriâ, fizika
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1994-3598
DOI - 10.17072/1994-3598-2020-4-37-42
Subject(s) - terrain , meteorology , environmental science , ventilation (architecture) , heat transfer , process (computing) , convection , latent heat , urban area , atmospheric sciences , mechanics , geology , computer science , geography , physics , cartography , economy , economics , operating system
The paper presents a new approach to the problems of urban climatology, which is based on a laboratory modeling of heat transfer processes in the urban landscape conditions. As an experimental model, we used a three-dimensional layout of the central part of Perm, which takes into account the complex terrain, location and height of buildings on an area of five square kilometers. As an idealized model configuration we considered the nocturnal cooling process of megapolis. The process of cooling of the city model surface after prolonged heating by infrared radiation was studied. The key issue is dependence of the heat transfer on the type of urban structure. The influence of the building density on the cooling process of the layout surface was studied. The comparison was made for two areas with 70 and 90 percent of open area. It was shown that an increase in the number of buildings has influence on the cooling process, which is probably connected with variation of convective circulation and decreasing of the ventilation efficiency. However, stagnant zones with high temperatures in areas of high building density were found for both cases.