The measurement of wind flow patterns over building roofs

Lee, B.E.; Evans, R.A.

doi:10.1016/0360-1323(84)90004-0

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“…New advances in software development, however, have made it possible to model wind load, and thereby enable designers and researchers to assess structures of various designs under various wind conditions to choose an optimal design before beginning production. The influence of roof lopes on the buildings has been examined both experimentally and numerically in many studies [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16].…”

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Wind Tunnel Experiments and CFD Simulations for Gable-Roof Buildings with Different Roof Slopes

Atmaca

2019

Acta Phys. Pol. A

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Wind tunnel experiments and numerical simulations (CFD) were carried out on gable-roof buildings with different roof slopes. Experimental studies were implemented in wind tunnel on roof models with three different slopes (α = 10 • , α = 20 • , and α = 30 • ). Database was created around the building for time-averaged velocity, turbulent kinetic energy, and pressure coefficient. Analyses were implemented for investigations of grid number effect and turbulence model effect for the α = 20 • roof slope model. Grid determination and turbulence models were investigated and validated by comparing the results of the computational fluid dynamics simulations with the experimental data for all the roof slopes. Generally, the numerical results showed compatibility with the experimental results despite some differences. Eventually, the effect of the roof slope on the gable-roof buildings were expressed using the computational fluid dynamics results.

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