RADIATION PROTECTION ›› 2020, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (4): 290-300.

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Numerical simulation study on the effect of thermal stratificationon the flow field around buildings

GUO Dongpeng1, WANG Ran1, ZHAO Peng1, LI Yunpeng2 , YAO Rentai2, LIU Yao3   

  1. 1. Taiyuan University of Science and Technology, Taiyuan 030024;
    2.China Institute for RadiationProtection,Taiyuan 030006;
    3. Shanxi Environmental Protection Technology Evaluation Center,Taiyuan 030024
  • Received:2020-01-19 Online:2020-07-20 Published:2020-09-21

Abstract: The RNG k-ε turbulence model was used to simulate the effect of thermal stratification on the flow field around buildings. The simulation results were validated by corresponding wind-tunnel experiment. The results showed that the CFD simulation results were consistent with the Yassin’s wind-tunnel experiment results. It is found that the velocity and turbulent kinetic energy in the building wake is the smaller under the stable stratification. Through the analysis of the simulation results under stable, neutral and unstable stratification, the influence of thermal stratification on the flow in the regular buildings matrix was studied. The results showed that the thermal stratification has a significant effect on the vortex intensity and the vertical distribution of longitudinal velocity in the street canyon. In particular, when the atmosphere is stable stratification, the attenuation effect of the building on the velocity is obvious.

Key words: numerical simulation, atmospheric stability, building, flow

CLC Number: 

  • X169