Wind and Structures

Volume 1, Number 4, 1998, pages 337-349

DOI: 10.12989/was.1998.1.4.337

Numerical and experimental simulation of the wind field in the EXPO

A.D. Ferreira, A.C.M. Sousa and D.X. Viegas

Abstract

A numerical and experimental study was performed for the wind flow field in one area, comprising a group of several pavilions separated by passageways, of the EXPO

Key Words

pedestrian comfort; wind around buildings; interference; numerical simulation; k-e RNG model.

Address

Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Coimbra, Polo II, 3030 Coimbra, PortugalrnMechanical Engineering Department, University of New Brunswick, P.O. Box 4400, Fredericton, NB, E3B 5A3, Canada