Cross Comparisons of CFD Results of Wind Environment at Pedestrian Level around a High-rise Building and within a Building Complex

Abstract

Recently, prediction of the wind environment around a high-rise building using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) has been carried out at the practical design stage. However, very few studies have examined the accuracy of CFD including the velocity distribution at pedestrian level. Thus, a working group for CFD prediction of the wind environment around a building was organized by the Architectural Institute of Japan (AIJ). This group consisted of researchers from several universities and private companies. In the first stage of the project, the working group planned to carry out cross comparison of CFD results of flow around a single high-rise building model placed within the surface boundary layer and flow within a building complex in an actual urban area obtained from various numerical methods. This was done in order to clarify the major factors affecting prediction accuracy. This paper presents the results of this comparison. © 2004, Architectural Institute of Japan. All rights reserved.