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Ashif-Ansys Paper Summery

The document explores wind characteristics of tall cylindrical buildings with vertical grooves through wind tunnel tests and large eddy simulations. It examines the impact of groove depth on wake width and mean pressure, as well as the relationship between groove roughness and vortex shedding frequency.

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Ashif-Ansys Paper Summery

The document explores wind characteristics of tall cylindrical buildings with vertical grooves through wind tunnel tests and large eddy simulations. It examines the impact of groove depth on wake width and mean pressure, as well as the relationship between groove roughness and vortex shedding frequency.

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Abstract

➢ Wind characteristics of tall cylindrical buildings with


vertical-equidirectional grooves
➢ Wind tunnel tests and full-scale large eddy simulations
conducted.
➢ Results: rectangular grooves narrow wake width, deeper
grooves cause smaller mean pressure, larger groove
roughness leads to lower vortex shedding frequency

Introduction
➢ High rise buildings with complicated facades and
vertical balconies influence wind characteristics.
➢ Previous studies on flow around cylinders, wind
pressures reduction on buildings, and vortex shedding
➢ Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and Large
Eddy Simulation (LES) used for fluid characteristics
prediction.
➢ Need for understanding the effect of rectangular-
groove roughness on wind characteristics at high
Reynolds number.

Experimental Details
➢ Wind tunnel tests conducted at Zhejiang University, China
➢ Working section dimensions: 3m high, 4m wide, and 18m
long
➢ Study focused on effects of equidirectional grooves with
large roughness coefficients on wind characteristics of tall
cylinder buildings.

process
➢ Models with smooth and different groove depths tested in
wind tunnel.
➢ Full-scale computational domain and tall cylindrical
building models simulated wind-building interaction.
➢ Examination of wind pressure coefficient distribution,
mean pressure, drag coefficients, and Strouhal number
dependency on Reynolds number based on different groove
depths.

Decisiom:
➢ Wind characteristics of tall cylindrical buildings with
vertical grooves explored through wind tunnel tests and
large eddy simulations.
➢ Findings include the impact of groove depth on wake width
and mean pressure, as well as the relationship between
groove roughness and vortex shedding frequency.

Models And Measurement

➢ Models were made rigid using organic glass with a


geometric scale of 1:300.
➢ Different roughness coefficients were arranged for wind
tunnel tests and full-scale sizes.
➢ Models had a blockage ratio of 0.5%.
➢ Models had varying heights and diameters, with protruding
rough elements made of long-striped plastic.
➢ Measuring points were embedded in the center of each
concave, with a total of 160 measuring points across eight
levels.
➢ Wind pressures were measured at a sampling frequency of
312.5 Hz using a Pitot-static tube and processed on a
microcomputer.
➢ Numerical compensations were employed to correct wind
pressure distortions.

Numerical Simulation
➢ Large Eddy Simulation (LES) was used to study wind
characteristics around the cylinder.
➢ LES involved filtering Navier-Stokes equations to calculate
the effect of small eddies.
➢ Filtered Navier-Stokes equations for a constant density
fluid were expressed.
➢ The study utilized the FLUENT module of ANSYS for the
three-dimensional LES.
➢ The stress tensor of sub-grid scale resulting from the
filtering process was considered in the simulation.

Computational Domain and Mesh:


➢ Modeled a full-scale 3D computational domain based on
the dimensions of the cylinder building.
➢ Size: 55D×20D×3H (x,y,z).
➢ Placement of the cylinder and coordinate system.
➢ Achieved a supercritical Reynolds number with a blockage
ratio of 1.7%.
➢ Interior refined domain with structured and unstructured
grids around the building.
➢ Evaluation using mean drag coefficient (Cd) and Strouhal
number (St).
Simulation Assumptions and Boundary
Conditions:
➢ Assumptions: isotropic, incompressible air fluid,
Newtonian fluid.
➢ Adopted SIMPLEC algorithm for numerical simulation.
➢ Inlet speed, wind speed profile, and turbulence intensity
specified.
➢ Outlet boundary condition with static pressure set at 0 Pa.
➢ Symmetrical boundary and non-slip wall conditions
chosen.
➢ Monitoring pressure, velocity, and mass conservation
within the domain.

NB: SIMPLE algorithm is commonly used numerical procedure


in the field of computational fluid dynamics to solve the Navier–
Stokes equations.

Discrepancy – skipped
Conclusions:
➢ Convex rough elements and grooves expand high-velocity
range and narrow wake width.

➢ St remains between 0.15 to 0.35 for Reynolds numbers


from 9.9×106 to 7.2×107, with Cd of rough cylinder larger
than smooth cylinder.

➢ Groove roughness affects frequency in supercritical regime,


with vortex shedding frequency at 0.20 at Re=7.2×107.

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