Aerodynamic mitigation by corner modification on square model under wind loads employing CFD and wind tunnel

Abstract

This paper explores a recent application of the computational fluid dynamics technique “CFD” for wind analysis and its comparisons with the conventional wind tunnel experimentations. This study is centered on the wind response of square and corner cut-shaped building models and its optimization caused by the variation of the wind incidence angle. Extensive rigid model experiments of two building models of length scale 1:100 have been performed in the boundary layer wind tunnel. The numerical analysis has been carried out with the standard k-ε turbulence model to evaluate the force coefficients, base moments, power spectra, external surface pressure coefficients, and flow field characteristics of the models with variable wind angles of incidence. The comparisons between experimental results and CFD analysis suggest the computational approach's viability in wind analysis of tall structures efficiently and accurately. A case study of aerodynamic mitigation by corner cut suggests minor modification techniques performance, efficiency, and limitations.