Numerical Investigation of Flow Structures For Four Buildings at Different Distances

Year 2020, Volume: 4 Issue: 1, 23 - 29, 20.03.2020

Ahmet Fertelli , Mehmet Balta

https://doi.org/10.26701/ems.667812

Abstract

In the present study, it was aimed to compare the effects of the different distances between four buildings placed in a wind area on the surface pressure distributions and flow structures around the building. For this purpose, ANSYS-FLUENT 14.0 package program was used and analyses were performed with the RNG k-ɛ turbulence model by 3D-modelling the buildings. The distances between the buildings were initially chosen as half of the building height and then the same as the building height. The average wind velocity was determined by taking the meteorological data for Sivas into consideration and the distributions of the flow line, velocity vector, turbulence kinetic energy and surface pressure coefficients were calculated for the medium height and roof level of the buildings. It is observed from the results that the distances between the buildings significantly affected the flow structures and velocity distributions, positive pressures were effective for front surfaces in the first buildings and negative pressure areas were formed in the rear surfaces and roofs.

Keywords

Wind effect, Tall building, Wind pressure coefficient, CFD

Supporting Institution

Sİvas Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi Bilimsel Araştırmalar Proje Birimi

Project Number

M-611

Thanks

The authors acknowledge the The Scientific Research Projects Council of Cumhuriyet University for the financial support of the project M-611.

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