Wind and Structures
Volume 7, Number 3, 2004, pages 159-172
DOI: 10.12989/was.2004.7.3.159
Numerical method study of how buildings affect the flow characteristics of an urban canopy
Ning Zhang, Weimei Jiang and Fei Hu
Abstract
The study of how buildings affect wind flow is an important part of the research being conducted on urban climate and urban air quality. NJU-UCFM, a standard k- e turbulence closure model, is presented and is used to simulate how the following affect wind flow characteristics: (1) an isolated building, (2) urban canyons, (3) an irregular shaped building cluster, and (4) a real urban neighborhood. The numerical results are compared with previous researchers
Key Words
urban micro-climate; building; numerical simulation; urban canopy.
Address
Ning Zhang and Weimei Jiang ; Department of Atmospheric Science, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093 ChinarnFei Hu; Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Physics and Chemistry, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100029 China