Natural ventilation in buildings: measurement in a wind tunnel and numerical simulation with large-eddy simulation

2003 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 253
2019 ◽  
Vol 213 ◽  
pp. 02076
Author(s):  
Jan Sip ◽  
Frantisek Lizal ◽  
Jakub Elcner ◽  
Jan Pokorny ◽  
Miroslav Jicha

The velocity field in the area behind the automotive vent was measured by hot-wire anenemometry in detail and intensity of turbulence was calculated. Numerical simulation of the same flow field was performed using Computational fluid dynamics in commecial software STAR-CCM+. Several turbulence models were tested and compared with Large Eddy Simulation. The influence of turbulence model on the results of air flow from the vent was investigated. The comparison of simulations and experimental results showed that most precise prediction of flow field was provided by Spalart-Allmaras model. Large eddy simulation did not provide results in quality that would compensate for the increased computing cost.


2008 ◽  
Vol 65 (7) ◽  
pp. 2437-2447 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. M. Canuto ◽  
Y. Cheng ◽  
A. M. Howard ◽  
I. N. Esau

Abstract A large set of laboratory, direct numerical simulation (DNS), and large eddy simulation (LES) data indicates that in stably stratified flows turbulent mixing exists up to Ri ∼ O(100), meaning that there is practically no Ri(cr). On the other hand, traditional local second-order closure (SOC) models entail a critical Ri(cr) ∼ O(1) above which turbulence ceases to exist and are therefore unable to explain the above data. The authors suggest how to modify the recent SOC model of Cheng et al. to reproduce the above data for arbitrary Ri.


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