TY - GEN
T1 - Experimental and Computational Analysis of Microscale Wind Conditions in the Port of Amsterdam
AU - Ricci, A.
AU - Blocken, B.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
PY - 2019/3/13
Y1 - 2019/3/13
N2 - The present paper deals with on-site measurements and 3D steady RANS simulations performed on the “IJmuiden vault” which falls under the Port Authority of Amsterdam. The numerical results were validated, in terms of amplification factor and local wind direction, using on-site measurements carried out by four 2D ultrasonic anemometers for a period of nine months. To quantify the deviation between measured and simulated data, the metric FAC1.3 was used. In that respect, 90% of simulated data (in terms of amplification factor) was found to be within 30% of deviation from the measured data. In terms of local wind direction, 86% of simulated data were found within ±30° and only the 6% of the whole database showed a large deviation equal and greater than ±60°. Finally, a software application was developed to convert the macroscale wind conditions to the local wind conditions near and in the newly built vault.
AB - The present paper deals with on-site measurements and 3D steady RANS simulations performed on the “IJmuiden vault” which falls under the Port Authority of Amsterdam. The numerical results were validated, in terms of amplification factor and local wind direction, using on-site measurements carried out by four 2D ultrasonic anemometers for a period of nine months. To quantify the deviation between measured and simulated data, the metric FAC1.3 was used. In that respect, 90% of simulated data (in terms of amplification factor) was found to be within 30% of deviation from the measured data. In terms of local wind direction, 86% of simulated data were found within ±30° and only the 6% of the whole database showed a large deviation equal and greater than ±60°. Finally, a software application was developed to convert the macroscale wind conditions to the local wind conditions near and in the newly built vault.
KW - Computational fluid dynamics (CFD)
KW - Microscale wind conditions
KW - On-site measurements
KW - Urban environment
KW - Validation
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-030-12815-9_45
DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-12815-9_45
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85063731848
SN - 9783030128142
T3 - Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering
SP - 587
EP - 598
BT - Proceedings of the XV Conference of the Italian Association for Wind Engineering. IN VENTO 2018
PB - Springer
ER -