A three‐dimensional simulation of wind flow around buildings

1 March 1986

journal article
research article
Published by Wiley in International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Vol. 6 (3) , 113-127
https://doi.org/10.1002/fld.1650060303

Abstract

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.

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