• Wind and Structures
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• 제18권6호
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• pp.599-618
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• 2014

In this study, a square rectangular tall building is considered to investigate the effects of turbulence integral length scale and turbulence intensity on the along-wind responses, across-wind responses and torsional responses of the tall building by Large Eddy Simulation (LES). A recently proposed inflow turbulence generator called the discretizing and synthesizing random flow generation (DSRFG) approach is applied to simulate turbulent flow fields. It has been proved that the approach is able to generate a fluctuating turbulent flow field satisfying any given spectrum, desired turbulence intensity and wind speed profiles. Five profiles of turbulence integral length scale and turbulence intensity are respectively generated for the inflow fields by the DSRFG approach for investigating the effects of turbulence integral length scale and turbulence intensity on the wind-induced responses of the tall building. The computational results indicate that turbulence integral length scale does not have significant effect on the along-wind (displacement, velocity and acceleration) responses, across-wind displacement and velocity responses, while the across-wind acceleration and torsional responses vary without a clear rule with the parameter. On the other hand, the along-wind, across-wind and torsional responses increase with the growth of turbulence intensity.

• Wind and Structures
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• 제13권6호
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• pp.487-498
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• 2010

When designing structures to the wind action, the variation of the mean wind velocity and turbulence parameters with the height above the ground must be taken into account. This paper presents the numerical simulation results of atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) airflows, in a numerical domain with no obstacles and with a cubic building. The results of the flow characterization, obtained with the FLUENT CFD code were performed using the ${\kappa}-{\varepsilon}$ turbulence model with the MMK modification. The mean velocity and turbulence intensity profiles in the inflow boundary were defined in accordance with the Eurocode 1.4, for different conditions of aerodynamic roughness. The maintenance of the velocity and turbulence characteristics along the domain were evaluated in an empty domain for uniform incident flow and the ABL Eurocode velocity profiles. The pressure coefficients on a cubic building were calculated using these inflow conditions.

• Wind and Structures
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• 제12권6호
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• pp.553-574
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• 2009

This paper presents statistical analysis results of wind speed and atmospheric turbulence data measured from more than 30 anemometers installed at 15 different height levels on 325 m high Beijing Meteorological Tower and is primarily intended to provide useful information on boundary layer wind characteristics for wind-resistant design of tall buildings and high-rise structures. Profiles of mean wind speed are presented based on the field measurements and are compared with empirical models' predictions. Relevant parameters of atmospheric boundary layer at urban terrain are determined from the measured wind speed profiles. Furthermore, wind velocity data in longitudinal, lateral and vertical directions, which were recorded from an ultrasonic anemometer during windstorms, are analyzed and discussed. Atmospheric turbulence information such as turbulence intensity, gust factor, turbulence integral length scale and power spectral densities of the three-dimensional fluctuating wind velocity are presented and used to evaluate the adequacy of existing theoretical and empirical models. The objective of this study is to investigate the profiles of mean wind speed and atmospheric turbulence characteristics over a typical urban area.

• Wind and Structures
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.87-105
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• 2013

Modeling an equilibrium atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) in an empty computational domain has routinely been performed with the k-${\varepsilon}$ turbulence model. However, the research objects of structural wind engineering are bluff bodies, and the SST k-${\omega}$ turbulence model is more widely used in the numerical simulation of flow around bluff bodies than the k-${\varepsilon}$ turbulence model. Therefore, to simulate an equilibrium ABL based on the SST k-${\omega}$ turbulence model, the inlet profiles of the mean wind speed U, turbulence kinetic energy k, and specific dissipation rate ${\omega}$ are proposed, and the source terms for the U, k and ${\omega}$ are derived by satisfying their corresponding transport equations. Based on the proposed inlet profiles, numerical comparative studies with and without considering the source terms are carried out in an empty computational domain, and an actual numerical simulation with a trapezoidal hill is further conducted. It shows that when the source terms are considered, the profiles of U, k and ${\omega}$ are all maintained well along the empty computational domain and the accuracy of the actual numerical simulation is greatly improved. The present study could provide a new methodology for modeling the equilibrium ABL problem and for further CFD simulations with practical value.

• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.23-27
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• 2011

This experimental study was performed to find rpms of the impeller and the surface flow accelerator to make a uniform velocity vertical distribution in the circular water channel. PIV technique was employed to measure the water velocity profiles into the water depth from the free surface. The number of instantaneous velocity profiles was decomposed into mean and turbulence velocity components, and the distribution of velocity fluctuation and turbulence intensity were computed for each experimental condition. From these results, the velocity uniformity was quantitatively determined to present the flow quality in the measuring section of the circular water channel. It has been shown that the proper operation of the surface flow accelerator would make the uniform velocity profiles and reduce the velocity fluctuation near the free surface.

• 설비공학논문집
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.235-242
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• 1993

The flow characteristics of developing turbulent pulsating flows are investigated experimentally in the entrance region of a square duct ($40mm{\times}40mm$ and 4,000mm). Mean velocity profiles, turbulence intensity and entrance length are measured by using a hot-wire anemometer system together with data acquisition and processing systems. It is found that the velocity waveforms are not changed in the fully developed flow region where that $x/Dh{\geq}40$. For turbulent pulsating flow, the turbulent components in the velocity waveforms increase as the dimensionless transverse position approaches the wall. Mean velocity profiles of the turbulent steady flows follow the one-seventh power law profile in the fully developed flow region. Turbulence intensity increases as the dimensionless transverse position increases from the center to the wall of the duct, and is slightly smaller in the accelerating phase than in the decelerating phase for the turbulent pulsating flows. The entrance length of the turbulent pulsating flow is about 40 times as large as the hydraulic diameter under the present experimental conditions.

• 한국해양환경ㆍ에너지학회지
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.57-62
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• 2002

본 연구는 크기와 형상이 동일한 2차원 모래언덕이 계속해서 이어지는 2차원 난류유동장의 해석에 관한 연구이다. 실험은 완전발달 유동장이 형성된 Flume에서 PIV를 사용하여 진행되었다. 모래언덕의 모형은 강화유리로 제작되었으므로 그 형상은 흐름에 의하여 변하지 않는 경우이다. 연구를 통하여 모래언덕을 지나는 유동의 일반적인 특성들을 재확인할 수 있었는데, 여기에는 재순환영역의 크기, 유통박리 영역과 재부착영역 등이 포함된다. 언덕의 정상 (y/h=1) 부근을 따라 유동방향으로 난류와 와도가 매우 크게 얻어졌으며, 뚜렷이 구별되지는 않지만 y/h=2 부근에는 그 전 언덕들로부터 전달되어진 난류유동특성을 확인할 수 있었다.

• 한국수자원학회논문집
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• 제38권10호
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• pp.871-883
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• 2005

본 논문은 식생된 개수로 흐름에서 난류의 비등방성이 평균유속 및 난류구조에 미치는 영향을 파악하기 위한 수치모의 연구이다. 비등방성 난류모형인 레이놀즈응력모형을 이용하여 식생이 없는 일반 개수로 흐름과 침수 및 정수식생된 개수로 흐름에서의 평균유속 및 난류구조를 수치모의하였다. 수치모의 결과를 기존의 실험결과 및 k-$\epsilon$ 모형과 응력대수식모형에 의한 계산 결과와 비교하였다. 식생이 없는 일반 개수로 흐름과 정수식생된 개수로 흐름에서의 평균유속과 레이놀즈응력을 계산한 결과 등방성 및 비등방성 난류모형에 의한 해석 결과의 차이가 거의 나타나지 않았다. 즉, 난류의 비등방성의 영향이 매우 작은 것으로 나타났다. 그러나 자유수면 및 바닥 근처에서 발생되는 난류의 감쇠효과에 의한 난류의 비등방성은 레이놀즈응력이 가장 잘 예측하는 것으로 나타났다. 침수식생된 개수로 흐름의 경우 식생높이 부근에서 난류의 비등방성이 강하게 발생하는 것으로 나타났다. 계산된 평균유속 및 난류구조는 레이놀즈응력모형이 다른 모형 보다 가장 정확한 예측을 수행하였으며, 등방성 모형인 k-$\epsilon$ 모형은 식생높이 보다 높은 영역에서 평균유속 및 난류강도를 각각 과대 및 과소 예측하는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 계산된 결과를 이용하여 식생된 개수로 흐름에서의 부유사량을 산정한 결과 등방성 난류모형이 부유사량을 과소 산정하는 것으로 나타났다.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• 제23권5호
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• pp.711-718
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• 1999

Current turbulence models including modified $K-{\varepsilon}-{\tau}$ turbulence model do not predict compression effect on turbulence accurately in an internal combustion engine. The $K-{\varepsilon}-{\tau}$ turbulence model was suggested to improve the predictability of compression effect by We et al. In this paper a numeri-cal study was performed to clarify the applicability of the $K-{\varepsilon}-{\tau}$ turbulenc model to the calculation of the in-cylinder flow of an axisymmetric engine. THe results using $K-{\varepsilon}-{\tau}$ turbulence model are compared to those from the modified $K-{\varepsilon}-{\tau}$ turbulence model and experimental data. The mean veloc-ity and rms velocity profiles using $K-{\varepsilon}-{\tau}$ turbulence model showed a better agreement with an experimental data than those of modifid $K-{\varepsilon}-e$ turbulence model.

• International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.188-198
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• 2012

An improvement to the k-${\varepsilon}$ turbulence model is presented and is shown to lead to better agreement with data regarding supersonic base flows. The improvement was achieved by imposing a grid-independent realizability constraint in the Launder-Sharma k-${\varepsilon}$ model. The effects of compressibility were also examined. The numerical results show that the modified Launder-Sharma model leads to some improvement in the prediction of the velocity and turbulent kinetic energy profiles. Compressibility corrections also lead to better agreement in both the turbulent kinetic energy and the Reynolds stress profiles with the experimental data.