Abstract
This study is aimed at modelling the wind flow in urban areas by using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations and wind tunnel tests. A quarter of Livorno city, placed in Tuscany, has been chosen as test case. The whole study has been organized in three different steps: in the first step, the quarter has been tested in the wind tunnel adopting a 1:300 scale model; in the second step, the CFD simulations have been performed on a numerical model with the same features of the wind tunnel tests; finally, the comparison between experimental and numerical results has been made. Analyses have been performed for three different wind directions and for different wind speeds. The 3D steady Reynolds-Averaged Navier Stokes (RANS) equations and the Standard k- model have been used to performed the CFD simulations. Special care has been addressed to the definition of the grid mesh of the CFD computational domain, in order to achieve the convergence solution.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | 7th International Symposium on Environmental Effects on Buildings and People, Actions, Influences, Interactions, Discomfort - Cracow, Poland - October 20-22, 2014 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Publication status | Published - 20 Oct 2014 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | 7th International Symposium on Environmental Effects on Buildings and People: Actions, Influences, Interactions, Discomfort (EEBP VII), October 20-22, 2014, Cracow, Poland - Qubus Hotel, Kracow, Poland Duration: 20 Oct 2014 → 22 Oct 2014 Conference number: 7 http://psiw.org.pl/eebp7/ http://psiw.org.pl/eebp7/ |
Conference
| Conference | 7th International Symposium on Environmental Effects on Buildings and People: Actions, Influences, Interactions, Discomfort (EEBP VII), October 20-22, 2014, Cracow, Poland |
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| Abbreviated title | EEBP VII |
| Country/Territory | Poland |
| City | Kracow |
| Period | 20/10/14 → 22/10/14 |
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