Wind and Structures
Volume 39, Number 4, 2024, pages 287-304
DOI: 10.12989/was.2024.39.4.287
Practical applications of computational fluid dynamics to wind design of high-rise buildings
Min Kyu Kim, Soonpil Kang and Thomas H.-K. Kang
Abstract
An accurate assessment of aerodynamic effects on structures is essential for a reliable wind design for high-rise
buildings. Turbulence model is a key ingredient of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) in calculating the wind flow fields. This
paper aims to identify the properties of representative RANS and LES models particularly for wind load determination. The
models investigated are the realizable k-
Key Words
CFD; high-rise building; RANS; LES; wind effect; wind tunnel test
Address
Min Kyu Kim:Department of Architecture and Architectural Engineering, Seoul National University, 1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul, 08826, South Korea
Soonpil Kang:Department of Applied Mathematics, Naval Postgraduate School, 1 University Circle, Monterey, 93943, CA, U.S.A.
Thomas H.-K. Kang:Department of Architecture and Architectural Engineering, Seoul National University, 1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul, 08826, South Korea