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 …

The wake of a wall-mounted rectangular cylinder: Cross-sectional aspect ratio effect

MR Rastan, H Shahbazi, A Sohankar, MM Alam… - Journal of Wind …, 2021 - Elsevier
Large-eddy simulations are performed to study the wake of a wall-mounted finite-length
rectangular prism at a Reynolds number Re​=​ 1.2​×​ 10 4 for the prism aspect ratio AR …

Direct numerical simulation of flow around a surface-mounted finite square cylinder at low Reynolds numbers

D Zhang, L Cheng, H An, M Zhao - Physics of Fluids, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
With the aid of direct numerical simulation, this paper presents a detailed investigation on
the flow around a finite square cylinder at a fixed aspect ratio (AR) of 4 and six Reynolds …

[HTML][HTML] Numerical investigation of the evolution of aerodynamic behaviour when a high-speed train accelerates under crosswind conditions

D Zhou, D Yu, L Wu, S Meng - Alexandria Engineering Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
Crosswind degrades the aerodynamic behaviour of trains, especially during train
acceleration, and an understanding of the flow field and train safety details requires more …

Identification of three-dimensional flow features around a square-section building model via spectral proper orthogonal decomposition

B Zhang, R Ooka, H Kikumoto - Physics of Fluids, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
This study reproduced the main flow features around a square-section building model via a
spectral proper orthogonal decomposition (SPOD) analysis, performed on the three …

Effect of the free-stream turbulence on the bi-modal wake dynamics of square-back bluff body

G Chen, XB Li, K He, Z Cheng, D Zhou, XF Liang - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
The effect of a free-stream turbulence intensity level on the wake dynamics of a square-back
Ahmed body is modeled using the improved delayed detached eddy simulation at Re= 9.6× …

Numerical study of the flow past two wall-mounted finite-length square cylinders in tandem arrangement

M Zhao, AA Mamoon, H Wu - Physics of Fluids, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Flow past two wall-mounted square cylinders in a tandem arrangement are simulated
through direct numerical simulation to investigate the effects of the gap between the two …

Experimental and computational investigation of outdoor wind flow around a setback building

KB Rajasekarababu, G Vinayagamurthy… - Building …, 2019 - Springer
In recent days, the behaviour of wind flow around the buildings receives more interest
among urban planners, architects, researchers and wind engineers. Hence, these wind flow …

High-resolution simulations of a turbulent boundary layer impacting two obstacles in tandem

M Atzori, P Torres, A Vidal, S Le Clainche, S Hoyas… - Physical Review …, 2023 - APS
High-fidelity large-eddy simulations of the flow around two rectangular obstacles are carried
out at a Reynolds number of 10 000 based on the freestream velocity and the obstacle …

Unsteady RANS simulation of wind flow around a building shape obstacle

S Hassan, MM Molla, P Nag, N Akhter, A Khan - Building Simulation, 2022 - Springer
This work aims to find the origin and connection of the surface, near-wake, and far-wake
structures in the flow encompassing a high-rise building for a high Reynolds number. The …