OpenFOAM computational fluid dynamics simulations of thermal wind generation in mountain/valley configurations

RB Athota, A Villardi de Montlaur… - 14th WCCM & …, 2021 - upcommons.upc.edu
Thermal winds appear in mountainous areas and valleys due to temperature gradients
caused by the buoyancy effects associated with the diurnal heating-cooling cycle of the …

Simulations of wind formation in idealised mountain–valley systems using OpenFOAM

S Arias Calderón, JI Rojas Gregorio… - Sustainability …, 2023 - upcommons.upc.edu
An OpenFOAM computational fluid dynamics model setup is proposed for simulating
thermally driven winds in mountain–valley systems. As a first step, the choice of Reynolds …

[PDF][PDF] Simulations of Wind Formation in Idealised Mountain–Valley Systems Using OpenFOAM. Sustainability 2023, 15, 1387

S Arias, JI Rojas, RB Athota, A Montlaur - 2023 - researchgate.net
An OpenFOAM computational fluid dynamics model setup is proposed for simulating
thermally driven winds in mountain–valley systems. As a first step, the choice of Reynolds …

Simulations of thermal wind formation in idealised mountain-valley systems using OpenFOAM

RB Athota, JI Rojas, S Arias… - Available at SSRN …, 2022 - papers.ssrn.com
An OpenFOAM computational fluid dynamics model setup is proposed for simulating thermal
winds in mountain-valley systems. As a first step, the choice of Reynolds Averaged Navier …

Simulations of Wind Formation in Idealised Mountain–Valley Systems Using OpenFOAM

S Arias, JI Rojas, RB Athota, A Montlaur - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
An OpenFOAM computational fluid dynamics model setup is proposed for simulating
thermally driven winds in mountain–valley systems. As a first step, the choice of Reynolds …

[PDF][PDF] Comparison of OpenFOAM turbulence models for numerical simulation of thermallydriven winds

J Rojas, S Arias, A Montlaur - Conference on Modelling Fluid Flow (CMFF'22 …, 2022 - cmff.hu
Commercial computational fluid dynamics (CFD) codes have often been used for simulation
of atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) flows. The present work explores the potential of the …

Review of OpenFOAM applications in the computational wind engineering: from wind environment to wind structural engineering

A Ricci - Meccanica, 2024 - Springer
The use of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) in the wind engineering (WE) is generally
defined as computational wind engineering (CWE). Since its foundation in 2004, the use of …

Coupled WRF-OpenFOAM study of wind flow over complex terrain

O Temel, L Bricteux, J van Beeck - Journal of Wind Engineering and …, 2018 - Elsevier
This study addresses turbulence modelling issues related to the simulation of flow over
complex terrain using a coupling between NWP (numerical weather prediction) code and a …

Simulation of the Neutral Atmospheric Flow Using Multiscale Modeling: Comparative Studies for SimpleFoam and Fluent Solver

Z Zhao, L Tang, Y Xiao - Atmosphere, 2024 - search.proquest.com
The reproduced planetary boundary layer (PBL) wind is commonly applied in downscaled
simulations using commercial CFD codes with Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes (RANS) …

Evaluation of OpenFOAM against CODASC wind tunnel database and impact of heating on the flow in an idealised street canyon

A Petrov - International Journal of Environment and …, 2019 - inderscienceonline.com
This paper focuses on examination of the CFD simulated impact of irregularly heated
surface on the flow recirculation and pollutant distributions in a tree-free idealised street …