Atmospheric boundary-layer simulation for the built environment: Past, present and future

AM Aly - Building and Environment, 2014 - Elsevier
This paper summarizes the state-of-the-art techniques used to simulate hurricane winds in
atmospheric boundary-layer (ABL) for wind engineering testing. The wind tunnel simulation …

Wind-tunnel analysis of natural ventilation in a generic building in sheltered and unsheltered conditions: Impact of Reynolds number and wind direction

D Golubić, W Meile, G Brenn, H Kozmar - Journal of wind engineering and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Natural ventilation is generally preferred to mechanical ventilation because it saves energy
and protects the outdoor atmospheric environment. The present work focuses on the air …

Correlating turbulence intensity and length scale with the unsteady lift force on flat plates in an atmospheric boundary layer flow

A Jafari, F Ghanadi, M Arjomandi, MJ Emes… - Journal of Wind …, 2019 - Elsevier
The correlation between turbulence intensity and length scale and the lift force on a
horizontal flat plate in an atmospheric boundary layer flow is investigated in this study …

[HTML][HTML] Consistent inflow boundary conditions for modelling the neutral equilibrium atmospheric boundary layer for the SST k-ω model

Y Yang, Z Xie, M Gu - Wind and Structures, 2017 - koreascience.kr
Modelling an equilibrium atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) in computational wind
engineering (CWE) and relevant areas requires the boundary conditions, the turbulence …

Steady RANS model of the homogeneous atmospheric boundary layer

M Cindori, F Juretić, H Kozmar, I Džijan - Journal of wind engineering and …, 2018 - Elsevier
A computational model was proposed to simulate the homogeneous atmospheric boundary
layer (ABL) above rural, suburban and urban flat terrains for the neutral thermal stratification …

Computational modeling of the neutrally stratified atmospheric boundary layer flow using the standard k–ε turbulence model

F Juretić, H Kozmar - Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial …, 2013 - Elsevier
A novel approach, which focuses on the Reynolds stress in computational simulations of the
atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) flow in an empty domain using the k–ε turbulence model …

Truncated vortex generators for part-depth wind-tunnel simulations of the atmospheric boundary layer flow

H Kozmar - Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial …, 2011 - Elsevier
A modified design of the 'Counihan'vortex generator was proposed for purposes of part-
depth atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) wind-tunnel simulations. Three redesigned vortex …

Complex terrain effects on wake characteristics of a parked wind turbine

H Kozmar, D Allori, G Bartoli, C Borri - Engineering Structures, 2016 - Elsevier
In order to extend lifetime and enhance energy production of wind turbines in complex
terrain it is important to learn about their wake characteristics. Hence, wind-tunnel …

Surface pressure on a cubic building exerted by conical vortices

H Kozmar - Journal of fluids and structures, 2020 - Elsevier
Experiments were performed to study surface pressure on a cubic building underlying
conical vortices, which are known to cause severe structural damage and failure. The focus …

Flow, turbulence and surface pressure on a wall-mounted cube in turbulent boundary layers

H Kozmar - Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial …, 2021 - Elsevier
The characteristics of the surface pressure on wall-mounted cubes subjected to turbulent
boundary layers were experimentally studied in a boundary layer wind tunnel. Two turbulent …