Evaluation of a general CFD-solver for a micro-scale urban flow

Jarkko Saloranta; Antti Hellsten

doi:10.1504/IJEP.2011.038438

Evaluation of a general CFD-solver for a micro-scale urban flow

Jarkko Saloranta^*, Antti Hellsten

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Aalto University

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Abstract

In this work, we carry out CFD-simulations of the Mock Urban Setting Test (MUST) case in the framework of the COST action 732. The main objective is to assess the quality assurance protocol and guidelines constructed in the COST action 732, and to study the role of the numerical truncation error as part of the total error. The computations are performed with a general flow solver FINFLO. The steady-state RANS approach is used with k-ε and k-ω SST turbulence models. In the near-wall region, standard Wall-Function Approach (WFA) is employed and the tracer is modelled as a passive scalar. The CFD results are compared to wind-tunnel data.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	368-375
Number of pages	8
Journal	International Journal of Environment and Pollution
Volume	44
Issue number	1-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1504/IJEP.2011.038438
Publication status	Published - Feb 2011
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

Keywords

CFD
Computational fluid dynamics
COST action 732
Micro-scale urban flow
Mock urban setting test
MUST

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