Computerized Wind Tunnel Simulation of Cluster of

Buildings in Grid and Staggered Pattern using

Autodesk Flow Design

Presentation by
Vignesh K
13MST1052

Under the guidance of

Ramesh Kannan.M
Assistant Professor
VIT University, Chennai

OBJECTIVE:
Study of wind flow on a cluster of staggered buildings
using Flow Design
Scope:
To perform the wind simulation analysis in staggered
and grid buildings.
To find at which point the building takes a maximum
suction in grid and staggered buildings.
To find the air flow between the buildings.

Title

Author

Investigations Done

Numerical simulation of
the wind field around
different building
arrangements

Aishe Zhanga,b,
, Cuilan Gao
, Ling Zhang

1. A numerical model with

the RNG k- turbulence
closure model is done
2. pressure correction
algorithm of SIMPLEC is
used to examine three
different building

Wind tunnel tests and

numerical simulations of
wind pressures on
buildings in staggered
arrangement

Aishe Zhang, Ming Gu

wind-induced interference
effects on the pressure
distributions on a building
adjacent to another one in
staggered arrangement.

A numerical study of the

Jae-Jin Kim, Jong-Jin Baik
effects of ambient wind
direction on flow and
dispersion in urban street
canyons using the RNG k
turbulence model

A three-dimensional CFD
model with the k
turbulence scheme is
developed.
Investigation on the effects
of ambient wind flow and
dispersion around a group
of buildings

Title

Author

Investigations Done

CFD evaluation of wind

Bert Blocken, Jan
speed conditions in
Carmeliet, Ted
passages between
Stathopoulos
parallel buildingseffect
of wall-function
roughness modifications
for the atmospheric
boundary layer flow

1. pedestrian-level wind
speed in the passages
and in the corner
Streams
2. vertical wind-speed
profiles in the passages;
and
3. flow rates (fluxes)
through different planes
in the passages.

Numerical evaluation of
wind effects on a tall
steel building by CFD

1. Wind effects are done

in tall steel buildings by
CFD
2. Compared the test
results with the wind
tunnel model test.

Shenghong Huang,
Q.S Li
, Shengli Xu

METHODOLOGY

COMBINATION OF KEY PLANS

Buildings
And
Layouts

Grid buildings

Staggered
buildings

Regular layout

Irregular
layout(left side)

Irregular
layout(right
side)

Irregular layout

GRID BUILDING KEY PLAN

GRID BUILDING MODEL

STAGGERED BUILDING KEYPLAN

STAGGERED BUILDING MODEL

WIND DATA

Wind speed = 50m/s

zone = zone III
Windward side is right side of building
Leeward side of building is left side of
building

GRID BUILDINGS IN REGULAR LAYOUT

KEY PLAN

GRID BUILDINGS IN REGULAR LAYOUT

MODEL

WIND SIMULATION ON GRID BUILDINGS

IN REGULAR LAYOUT

GRID BUILDINGS IN IRREGULAR LAYOUT

(L.S) KEY PLAN

GRID BUILDINGS IN IRREGULAR LAYOUT

(L.S) MODEL

WIND SIMULATION ON GRID BUILDINGS

IN IRREGULAR (LEFT SIDE) LAYOUT

GRID BUILDINGS IN IRREGULAR LAYOUT

(R.S) KEY PLAN

GRID BUILDINGS IN IRREGULAR LAYOUT

(R.S) MODEL

WIND SIMULATION ON GRID BUILDINGS

IN IRREGULAR (RIGHT SIDE) LAYOUT

GRID BUILDINGS IN IRREGULAR LAYOUT

KEY PLAN

GRID BUILDINGS IN IRREGULAR LAYOUT

MODEL

WIND SIMULATION ON GRID BUILDINGS

IN IRREGULAR LAYOUT

STAGGERED BUILDINGS IN REGULAR

LAYOUT KEY PLAN

STAGGERED BUILDINGS IN REGULAR

LAYOUT MODEL

WIND SIMULATION ON STAGGERED

BUILDINGS IN REGULAR LAYOUT

STAGGERED BUILDINGS IN IRREGULAR

(R.S) LAYOUT KEYPLAN

STAGGERED BUILDINGS IN IRREGULAR

(R.S) LAYOUT MODEL

WIND SIMULATION ON STAGGERED

BUILDINGS IN IRREGULAR (RIGHT SIDE)
LAYOUT

STAGGERED BUILDINGS IN IRREGULAR

(L.S) LAYOUT KEYPLAN

STAGGERED BUILDINGS IN IRREGULAR

(L.S) LAYOUT MODEL

WIND SIMULATION ON STAGGERED

BUILDINGS IN IRREGULAR (LEFT SIDE)
LAYOUT

STAGGERED BUILDINGS IN IRREGULAR

LAYOUT KEYPLAN

STAGGERED BUILDINGS IN IRREGULAR

LAYOUT MODEL

WIND SIMULATION ON STAGGERED

BUILDINGS IN IRREGULAR LAYOUT

INFERENCES
The air flow between the buildings are normal in
Grid buildings.
The air swirls are more in staggered buildings.
The suction between the buildings are high in
staggered buildings.
The orientation of the buildings should be same in
order to avoid the air swirls.
The spacing of the buildings should be equal so
that the air flow between the buildings will be
good.

REFERENCES
Aishe Zhang, Cuilan Gao, Ling Zhang (2005) Numerical simulation of
the wind field Around Different Building Arrangements
Aishe Zhang, Ming Gu (2008) Wind Tunnel Tests and Numerical
Simulations of Wind Pressures on Buildings in Staggered
Arrangement
Jae-Jin Kim, Jong-Jin Baik (2004) A numerical study of the effects of
ambient wind direction on flow and dispersion in urban street canyons
using the RNG keturbulence model
Bert Blocken, Jan Carmeliet, Ted Stathopoulos (2007) CFD
evaluation of wind speed conditions in passage between parallel
buildingseffect of wall-function roughness modifications for the
atmospheric boundary layer flow
Shenghong Huang, Q.S. Li, Shengli Xu (2006) Numerical evaluation
of wind effects on a tall steel building by CFD