TITLE:
Numerical Tools Dedicated to Wind Engineering in Large Urban Area
AUTHORS:
Li Wang, Sophie Puygrenier, Guillaume Caniot, Stéphane Sanquer, Didier Delaunay
KEYWORDS:
Wind Engineering, Urban Area, Wind Design, Wind Safety, Comfort, Sustainable De-velopment
JOURNAL NAME:
World Journal of Engineering and Technology,
Vol.4 No.3C,
September
22,
2016
ABSTRACT: This paper presents a global methodology to compute wind flow in complex urban areas in order to assess wind pedestrian comfort, wind energy, wind safety or natural ventilation potential. The numerical tool presented here is composed of a CFD soft-ware suite covering both regional scale (20 km) and urban scale (1km), and able to model the wind in any complex terrains and in large urban environments. Examples are presented in the paper in order to show the advantages of the methodology for urban designers.