Archive of IJHRB


Archive of IJHRB


Vol. - No. Vol.1 - No.2
Date Jun., 2012
Title The Effect of Building Morphology on Sea Breeze Penetration over the Kanto Plain
- Analysis of Mean Kinetic Energy Balance of Moving Control Volume along Sea Breeze -
Author Taiki Sato1+, Ryozo Ooka2 and Shuzo Murakami3
Institutions 1Taisei Corporation, Yokohama, 245-0051, Japan
2Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 153-8505, Japan
3Building Research Institute, Ibaraki, 305-0802, Japan
Abstract In order to use sea breezes to counter the heat island phenomena, i.e. to promote urban ventilation, it is necessary to clarify the effect of building morphology and height on large-scale wind fields. In this study, the sea breeze in the vicinity of the Kanto Plain in Japan is simulated using a mesoscale meteorological model incorporating an urban canopy model, and the inland penetration of sea breezes is accurately reproduced. Additionally, a mean kinetic energy balance within a domain (Control Volume; CV) moving along the sea breeze is analysed. From the results, it is clarified that the sea breeze is interrupted by the resistance and turbulence caused by buildings at the centre of Tokyo. The interruption effect is increased in accordance with the height of these buildings. On the other hand, adverse pressure gradients interrupt in the internal region.
Keyword Meteorological mesoscale model, Sea breeze, Moving control volume, Mean kinetic energy balance, Heat-island phenomenon
PP. PP.73~80
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