A critical review on the simulations of wind turbine aerodynamics focusing on hybrid RANS-LES methods

J Thé, H Yu - Energy, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Wind energy plays a vital role in the development sustainable energy due to its vast
availability, commercially ready technology, low cost, and great contribution to CO 2 …

[HTML][HTML] Large eddy simulation of the neutral atmospheric boundary layer: performance evaluation of three inflow methods for terrains with different roughness

R Vasaturo, I Kalkman, B Blocken… - Journal of Wind …, 2018‏ - Elsevier
In large eddy simulations (LES) of the atmospheric boundary layer (ABL), the choice of
inflow method and the specification of surface roughness are crucial for obtaining accurate …

[HTML][HTML] CFD simulations of turbulent flow and dispersion in built environment: A perspective review

Y Tominaga - Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Computational fluid dynamics (CFD), a powerful analysis tool in wind engineering, has been
applied to a wide variety of problems over the past few decades. The application of CFD to …

Embedded LES of thermal stratification effects on the airflow and concentration fields around an isolated high-rise building: Spectral and POD analyses

S Masoumi-Verki, P Gholamalipour, F Haghighat… - Building and …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Non-isothermal stratification conditions can alter the airflow pattern and pollutant dispersion
process within urban areas. The present study is focused on the impact of various …

Impact of opening shape on airflow and pollutant dispersion in a wind-driven cross-ventilated model building: Large eddy simulation

F Bazdidi-Tehrani, S Masoumi-Verki… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Natural ventilation, a useful mechanism to moderate the indoor temperature and to disperse
pollutants, is a complex engineering problem to analyze due to a large number of influential …

Wind environment around the setback building models

AK Bairagi, SK Dalui - Building Simulation, 2021‏ - Springer
The irregular shape of buildings always tenders an enormous challenge to the designers.
The wind velocity at the pedestrian level has a specific approach from a comfortable point of …

A coherence-improved and mass-balanced inflow turbulence generation method for large eddy simulation

L Chen, C Li, J Wang, G Hu, Y **ao - Journal of Computational Physics, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Realistic inflow turbulence is crucial in large eddy simulations for obtaining accurate results.
In this paper, an improved inflow turbulence generation method is proposed, called the …

Large eddy simulation of thermal stratification effect on convective and turbulent diffusion fluxes concerning gaseous pollutant dispersion around a high-rise model …

F Bazdidi-Tehrani, P Gholamalipour… - Journal of Building …, 2019‏ - Taylor & Francis
In this paper, the large eddy simulation (LES) approach is employed to investigate the role of
different thermal stratification conditions (stable, neutral and unstable) in the air flow and …

Unsteady RANS simulation of wind flow around a building shape obstacle

S Hassan, MM Molla, P Nag, N Akhter, A Khan - Building Simulation, 2022‏ - Springer
This work aims to find the origin and connection of the surface, near-wake, and far-wake
structures in the flow encompassing a high-rise building for a high Reynolds number. The …

A novel vector potential random flow generation method for synthesizing divergence-free homogeneous isotropic turbulence with arbitrary spectra

C Li, L Chen, J Wang, W Zhang, X Wang, Z Wang… - Physics of …, 2024‏ - pubs.aip.org
A novel method, known as the vector potential random flow generation (VPRFG) method, is
introduced for synthesizing divergence-free homogeneous isotropic turbulence with arbitrary …