Archive of IJHRB


Archive of IJHRB


Vol. - No. Vol.11 - No.4
Date Dec., 2022
Title Wind Environment Assessment around High-Rise Buildings
through Wind Tunnel Test and Computational Fluid Dynamics
Author Min-Woo Park1, Byung-Hee Nam1, Ki-Pyo You1, and Jang-Youl You2
Institutions 1Department of Architect Engineering, Jeonbuk National University, Korea
2Department of Architect Engineering, Song Won University, Korea
Abstract High-rise buildings constructed adjacent to low-rise structures experience
frequent damage caused by the associated strong wind. This study aimed to implement
a standard evaluation of the wind environment and airflow characteristics around high-
rise apartment blocks using wind tunnel tests (WTT) and computational fluid dynamics
(CFD) simulations. The correlation coefficient between the CFD and wind tunnel
results ranged between 0.6–0.8. Correlations below 0.8 were due to differences in the
wake flow area range generated behind the target building according to wind direction
angle and the effect of the surrounding buildings. In addition, a difference was observed
between the average velocity ratio of the wake flow wind measured by the WTT and
by the CFD analysis. The wind velocity values of the CFD analysis were therefore
compensated, and, consequently, the correlations for most wind angles increased.
Keyword Wind tunnel test, computational fluid dynamics, wind environment,
velocity ratio.
PP. PP.321~329
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