Wind and Structures
Volume 5, Number 2, 2002, pages 347-358
DOI: 10.12989/was.2002.5.2_4.347
Comparison of numerical and wind tunnel simulation of wind loads on smooth, rough and dual domes immersed in a boundary layer
R.N. Meroney, C.W. Letchford and P.P Sarkar(U.S.A.)
Abstract
Mean surface pressures and overall wind loads on hemispherical domes immersed in arnboundary layer were obtained by numerical simulation. The effects of alternative turbulence models,rnReynolds Number and surface roughness were examined and compared with earlier studies. Surfacernpressures on dual hemispherical domes were also calculated for three wind orientations (0 o , 45 o , and 90 o )rnto evaluate flow field interactions. Calculated values were compared to wind-tunnel measurements made inrnequivalent flow conditions.
Key Words
wind loads; computational wind engineering; fluid modeling; hemispherical domes.
Address
R. N. Meroney, Civil Engineering Department, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USArnC. W. Letchford and P. P. Sarkar, Wind Science and Engineering Research Center, Texas Tech University, Lubbock TX 79409, USA