Numerical Simulation of Wind Interference Effects Around a Group of Tall Buildings

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Professor / University of Isfahan

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Unlike a single building, determining the performance of two or more buildings next to each other under the effect of wind is very complex due to the inference effect. One of the latest efforts in investigating the interference effect is determining the interference factors and pressure coefficients of a group of tall buildings using Computational Fluid Dynamics. In this paper, the pressure coefficients and interference factors of a group of tall buildings with different heights placed at different distances due to various wind directions have been studied. The effect of buildings distances and direction of wind load on two groups of four tall buildings on the average pressure coefficients of the buildings in the group has been investigated. For the selected distances, in over 50% of cases by increasing the distance between the tall buildings the average pressure coefficients on buildings increase. In order to show the wind interference effects, the interference factors, i.e. the ratio of pressure coefficients on a building in a group of tall buildings to those of a single building, are calculated and compared. Interference factors show that the maximum and minimum pressure coefficients on a building in a group of tall buildings are up to three times of those of a single building.

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Journal of Solid and Fluid Mechanics
Volume 5, Issue 2 - Serial Number 2
July and August 2015
Pages 285-301

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