Numerical study on the existence of the venturi effect in passages between perpendicular buildings

Journal of Engineering Mechanics

Volumn 134, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1021-1028

  Blocken, B ^a   Moonen, Peter ^b   Stathopoulos, T ^c   Carmeliet, J ^d,e  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acceleration; Boundary layer flow; Buildings; Computer aided simulation; Fluid dynamics; Pedestrians; Turbulence; Validation; Wind speed

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; BUILDINGS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DYNAMICS; FLOW RATE; FLOW SIMULATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SPEED; WIND EFFECTS;

BLOCKING EFFECTS; BUILDING CONFIGURATIONS; FIELD FLOWS; FLUID SPEEDS; GROUND LEVELS; HORIZONTAL WINDS; LARGE PARTS; MODEL VALIDATIONS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; NUMERICAL STUDIES; PASSAGE WIDTHS; PEDESTRIANS; VALIDATED MODELS; VALIDATION; VENTURI EFFECTS; WIND SPEED; WIND SPEEDS; WIND TUNNEL MEASUREMENTS;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

BUILDING; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; NUMERICAL METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; TURBULENCE; WIND TUNNEL; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 56449129905     PISSN: 07339399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9399(2008)134:12(1021)     Document Type: Article

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