Publication Date:
2015-12-23
Description:
An experimental investigation was conducted in an effort to artificially thicken the boundary layer which has the characteristics of an urban boundary layer in a short wind tunnel. Turbulence grid was developed and then systematically tested to quantitatively investigate the formation of a thick and uniform boundary layer over location of interest. Investigated parameters were the mean velocity and turbulence intensity to assess the similarity of the simulated boundary layer. The measurement analysis shows that the current design provides the desired boundary layer profile under fully rough conditions at just 1.5 m downstream of the test section inlet, which allows for the building models to be placed over turntable. However, the roughness length value is high which reflects the determination of the model scale while the turbulence intensities levels is low which is not desirable characteristics of an urban boundary layer. The results presented here may facilitate future improvem...
Print ISSN:
1757-8981
Electronic ISSN:
1757-899X
Topics:
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
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