Wind and Structures

Volume 38, Number 2, 2024, pages 129-146

DOI: 10.12989/was.2024.38.2.129

Numerical simulation and experimental study of non-stationary downburst outflow based on wall jet model

Yongli Zhong, Yichen Liu, Hua Zhang, Zhitao Yan, Xinpeng Liu, Jun Luo, Kaihong Bai and Feng Li

Abstract

Aiming at the problem of non-stationary wind field simulation of downbursts, a non-stationary down-burst generation system was designed by adding a nozzle and program control valve to the inlet of the original wall jet model. The computational fluid dynamics (CFD) method was used to simulate the downburst. Firstly, the two-dimensional (2D) model was used to study the outflow situation, and the database of working conditions was formed. Then the combined superposition of working conditions was carried out to simulate the full-scale measured downburst. The three-dimensional (3D) large eddy simulation (LES) was used for further verification based on this superposition condition. Finally, the wind tunnel test is used to further verify. The results show that after the valve is opened, the wind ve-locity at low altitude increases rapidly, then stays stable, and the wind velocity at each point fluctuates. The velocity of the 2D model matches the wind velocity trend of the measured downburst well. The 3D model matches the measured downburst flow in terms of wind velocity and pulsation characteris-tics. The time-varying mean wind velocity of the wind tunnel test is in better agreement with the meas-ured timevarying mean wind velocity of the downburst. The power spectrum of fluctuating wind ve-locity at different vertical heights for the test condition also agrees well with the von Karman spectrum, and conforms to the "-5/3" law. The vertical profile of the maximum time-varying average wind veloci-ty obtained from the test shows the basic characteristics of the typical wind profile of the downburst. The effectiveness of the downburst generation system is verified.

Key Words

computational fluid dynamics; downburst; large eddy simulation; non-stationary wind field; wall jet

Address

Yongli Zhong, Yichen Liu, Xinpeng Liu and Jun Luo:School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Chongqing University of Science and Technology, 401331, China Hua Zhang:CENTRAL-SOUTH Architectural Design Institute Co., Ltd, 430061, China Zhitao Yan:1)School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Chongqing University of Science and Technology, 401331, China 2)School of Civil Engineering, Chongqing University, 400045, China Kaihong Bai:Chongqing Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources, 400042, China Feng Li:Chongqing Urban Investment Infrastructure Construction Co., Ltd, 400015, China