Abstract
A combined wind tunnel, field measurement, and numerical simulation strategy was used to obtain estimates of the effects of canyon wind flow over proposed building arrays on the Hill Air Force Base (HAFB) runway. As part of this effort, simplified building configurations in the wind tunnel were utilized to optimize computation parameters, as well as gain insights regarding the gross features associated with the proposed building configurations. The field data were used to provide realistic inflow conditions to the numerical simulations. The simulations were then utilized to predict flow fields over the HAFB runway for a number of proposed building configurations. Results from the study, indicated that building configurations primarily oriented transverse to the flow direction showed a persistence of momentum deficit and increased turbulence at large downstream distances. The present solution strategy is shown to constitute a cost effective means of addressing complex applied wind engineering problems with the capability of overcoming Reynolds number and geometric similarity problems.
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