在1.4米航空风洞中模拟大气边界层

在风洞中正确模拟大气边界层的流动特性是风工程风洞试验结果可信的必要条件,本次试验研究的目的是在短试验段的航空风洞中建立大比例的大气边界层模拟流场。通过适当的方式延长1.4m×1.4m航空风洞的试验段长度,并利用尖塔、粗糙元等边界层发生装置,在该风洞中建立了边界层流场,测量了流场的平均风速剖面、湍流强度剖面、脉动风速的自相关系数、风谱等参数,讨论了湍流积分尺度的处理和大气边界层几何模拟比例的确定,用谱拟合法和自相关系数积分法求出了湍流积分尺度。结果分析表明:试验所得流场是合理的大气边界层模拟流场,其平均风速剖面幂指数α=0.3,大气边界层模拟比例为1∶500,为后续的建筑物模型动态风荷载试验提供了前提条件。     

大气边界层内羽流扩散研究

主要研究了高架点源的污染,即``羽流扩散'. 由于大气边界层内的湍流运动,引 起污染物扩散的主要因素是湍流扩散, 研究湍流扩散有两种基本方法：统计理论和梯度理论. 采用拉格朗日粒子扩散模型 (Lagrangian particle dispersion model, LPDM)来评价羽流扩散的平均浓度,分别计算了表征扩散程度的3个参数：沿烟轴方向的 着地浓度、水平方向的羽流扩散宽度和垂直方向的羽流扩散宽度. 从计算结果和风洞实验的 数据对比来看,用该模式可以较好地模拟大气边界层内复杂气候条件下的羽流扩散.     

全国风工程实验设备、技术和应用学术讨论会

会议由中国空气动力学研究会工业空气动力学专业委员会在北京召开。来自全国45个单位的85名代表出席了讨论会。36位代表宣读了论文或作了重要发言。代表们围绕以下几个方面进行了交流和讨论:①风工程实验设备(风洞、水洞、水槽等),特别是大气边界层风洞和一些非航空的专用风洞的设计、施工和调试的经验;②风工程实验与测试技术,包括风工程实验的相似准则,大气边界层的物理模拟技术,风速风向、湍流结构、浓度、压力等的测      

建筑群环境风场的特性及模拟--风环境模拟研究之一

建筑风环境是研究建筑物与城市风场相互作用的一门空气动力学与大气科学的交叉学科、将空气动力学惯用的风洞实验和流场显示研究手段，直接用于城市大气边界层和建筑物周边流场变化规律的研究．充分利用数值计算的广度和深度与风洞实验相结合，相互验证、相互补充、弥补了目前实验手段尚无法实现的研究．本以北京商务中心区(CBD)为研究背景，论述了建筑风环境中大气边界层的模拟和具体建筑物风场的显示方法，并与数值计算进行对比，取得了非常一致的结果．为该地区的城市规划和环境保护，提出了科学依据．     

湍流、风工程和虎门大桥的风振

正1972年,按照周恩来总理关于搞好基础科学研究的指示,周培源校长主持对湍流在国计民生重大课题中的应用展开广泛的学科调查[1]。翌年,在北大大型低速风洞完成千分之一比例的中性温度层结的大气边界层湍流结构的风洞模拟,开展对Dovenport和Harris等关于平坦地形的强风谱的风洞实验研究[2-3]。孙天风先生根据电力部的要求开展大型冷却塔的风工程研究,他是国内最早开展风工程研究的领头人,曾在北大风洞进行上海东方明珠电视塔     

我国风工程研究现状与展望

 介绍了我国风工程的现状，提出了在大气边界层内风特性，风对 建筑物的作用，风对桥梁的作用，车辆空气动力特性，风力机空气动力 特性，风引起的污染扩散和质量迁移等研究中尚待解决的主要问题.     

大气边界层的风洞模拟

本文通过比较大气边界层与不同比尺的模型实验，研究了风洞模型实验中的比尺效应。结果表明，大气边界层粗糙高度的比尺应当和边界层厚度比尺相等。边界层厚度的比尺在２００～４００之间时可以得到最好的速度分布的相似性，表面压强分布主要依赖于边界层比尺而与建筑物几何比尺关系不大。如果正确选择了粗糙高度比尺，扩散系数比尺和边界层厚度比尺相同。     

对流边界层湍流特性的数值研究

采用大涡模拟方法研究了存在逆温层的情况下大气对流边界层的湍流特性。实际大气边界层中出现逆温层是较常见的，逆温层会导致大气边界层湍流结构的变化，从而影响大气的湍流扩散和输运特性。本文比较了不同逆温梯度的工况，着重分析了逆温层对边界层中热量逆梯度输运（counter gradient heat transportation，CGHT）的影响。计算结果表明：逆温梯度越大，对流边界层的发展越受到抑制；逆温层高度降低会影响整个对流边界层的温度抬升；逆温梯度越大，垂直速度方差越小；在逆温梯度较大的情况下，其逆梯度输运区域要略微低一些，初步分析认为是由于逆温层对热对流的抑制造成的；对于逆温层高度不同的情况，高度越低的逆温层对逆梯度输运的抑制作用更明显。     

基于雷诺应力模型的平衡大气边界层模拟

基于雷诺应力湍流模型（简称RSM模型）,研究了平衡大气边界层风场数值模拟问题．假设流体不可压,且不计雷诺应力输运方程中的对流项、浮力产生项、系统旋转产生项和扩散项,在准各向同性的条件下,推导出RSM模型湍动能k的表达式是标准k-ε模型k常数表达式的0.893倍．考虑k沿高度变化的修正,根据在标准k-ε模型中满足水平均匀性的湍流来流边界条件,提出在RSM模型中产生平衡大气边界层的湍流来流边界条件．基于空风洞的数值模拟结果表明,与工程上常用的湍流来流边界条件相比,基于本文提出的湍流来流边界条件得到的风场水平均匀性更优,且在整个流域内,得到的雷诺应力剖面更合适．从而验证了该湍流来流边界条件的适用性．     

弯曲烟云的抬升模式和风洞实验相似准则

随着工业的发展,大气污染问题日益为人们所重视。为探索污染物的排放、扩散等规律,人们在现场实测、数值计算和风洞模拟三方面进行了大量的工作。现场实测要耗费大量人力物力财力,因而风洞模拟试验成了揭示某些大气扩散规律不可缺少的手段。特别是第50次欧洲力学会议各国科学家共同商讨后,风洞在解决大气边界层的模拟和污染扩散等问题的地位得以确立,环境风洞在各国得到了进一步的发展,显示了它在流体力学中的特殊地位。      

高雷诺数湍流风场大涡模拟的并行直接求解方法

在环境流体力学中,风场是风沙流、风雪流等自然环境特性问题研究的动力源和基础. 通常采用壁湍流模型进行风场大涡模拟(large eddy simulation, LES)计算,但受到计算规模的限制使得 高雷诺数风场的模拟计算难以实现. 并行计算技术是解决大规模高雷诺数风场大涡模拟的关键技术之一. 在不可压湍流风场的LES模拟中,压力泊松方程的并行计算技术是进行规模并行计算的困难点. 根据风场流动模拟计算的特点,采用水平网格等距而垂直于地面网格非等距,在解决规模并行计算中求解压力泊松方程的难点问题时,利用FFT解耦三维泊松方程使其变为垂向的一维三对角方程, 并利用可并行的三对角方程PDD求解技术,可建立三维泊松方程的直接并行求解技术. 结合其它容易并行的动量方程计算,本文建立风场LES模拟的并行直接求解方法(parallel direct method-LES, PDM-LES). 在超级计算机上对新方法进行并行效率测试,并行计算效率达到90${\%}$. 新的方法可用于进行湍流风场大涡模拟的大规模并行计算. 计算结果表明,湍流风场瞬时速度分布近壁面存在条带状的拟序结构,平均场的速度分布符合速度对数律特性,风场湍流特性基本合理.      

Wind tunnel simulation of wind effect on a group of high Cooling towers

Aerodynamic interference between high cooling towers in the atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) and uniform flow has been discussed. For the 1/1000 ABL model set up in the 2.25m low speed wind tunnel at Peking University, the similarity condition of the cooling tower in the ABL, the simulation results of a single tower and some typical tower groups have been provided. Experiments showed that the Circumferential pressure distributions were consistent between the smooth model tower and the prototype tower, and between the rough model tower and the prototype tower with ribs; the two dimensional characteristics in the circumferential pressure distribution were also noticeable around the middle 1/3 part of the tower after nondimensionalization by local dynamic pressure. Results demonstrate that, in the flow with strong turbulence the lift coefficient of the downstream cylinder approaches 0.4. In the flow with weak turbulence, the pressure distribution reflects a strong nonsymmetry, and the lift coefficient or stagnation pressure of the downstream cylinder switches alternately between 1 and 0, where a concentrated vortex rolls up and then sheds toward the front of the downstream cylinder and exerts a decisive influence on the aerodynamic properties of the downstream cylinder.     

Drag measurement and dynamic simulation of Martian wind-driven sensor platform concepts

The purpose of this work is to (a) determine the drag coefficient of three wind-driven systems (referred to as tumbleweeds) in a simulated Martian atmospheric boundary layer; two concepts from NASA Langley (LaRC) and one from Texas Tech University (TTU), and (b) perform a dynamic analysis of the TTU tumbleweed to establish the feasibility of operation in a simulated Martian environment. The TTU Wind Tunnel is used in order to determine the drag coefficient for the tumbleweeds in both the aerodynamic and atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) test sections. A comparison of the two mean drag coefficients for each tumbleweed model reveals the extent to which an ABL affects drag on the models. It appears that no transformation exists that can be used to transform aerodynamic-based drag coefficients into boundary-layer-based drag coefficients; therefore, reliance upon ABL tests is important. It is generally accepted that a complete ABL test under conditions of neutral atmospheric stability requires knowledge of the incoming (approach) mean velocity and turbulent intensity profile, spectral distribution, roughness height, and Reynolds number. Given the fact that limited data exists for the Martian flows, physical simulations of an atmospheric surface layer with knowledge of the mean velocity and general turbulence characteristics was developed in order to obtain drag coefficients for several tumbleweed wind platform designs. The tumbleweeds drag coefficients were effectively constant with the boundary layer affected coefficient less than the respective aerodynamically obtained coefficient. Of particular interest in this study is the TTU tumbleweed, which underwent extensive testing in order to obtain a force function to describe its aerodynamic characteristics in any orientation relative to the wind.     

An experimental study on wind loads acting on a high-rise building model induced by microburst-like winds

In the present study, an experimental investigation is conducted to quantify the characteristics of the microburst-induced wind loads (i.e., both static and dynamic wind loads) acting on a high-rise building model, compared to those with the test model placed in conventional atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) winds. The experimental study is performed by using an impinging-jet-based microburst simulator available at Iowa State University. In additional to conducting flow field measurements to quantify the flow characteristics of the microburst-like wind, both mean and dynamic wind loads acting on the test model induced by the microburst-like wind are assessed in detail based on the quantitative measurements of the surface pressure distributions around the test model and the resultant aerodynamic forces. It is found that the microburst-induced wind loads acting on high-rise buildings would be significantly different from their counterparts in conventional ABL winds. Both the static and dynamic wind loads acting on the high-rise building model were found to change significantly depending on the radial locations and the orientation angles of the test model in respect to the oncoming microburst-like wind. The dynamic wind loads acting on the test model were found to be mainly influenced by the periodical shedding of the primary vortices and the high turbulence levels in the microburst-like wind. The findings derived from the present study are believed to be useful to gain further insight into the underlying physics of the flow–structure interactions of high-rise buildings in violent microburst winds for a better understanding of the damage potential of microburst winds to high-rise buildings.     

Dynamic wind loads and wake characteristics of a wind turbine model in an atmospheric boundary layer wind

An experimental study was conducted to characterize the dynamic wind loads and evolution of the unsteady vortex and turbulent flow structures in the near wake of a horizontal axis wind turbine model placed in an atmospheric boundary layer wind tunnel. In addition to measuring dynamic wind loads (i.e., aerodynamic forces and bending moments) acting on the wind turbine model by using a high-sensitive force-moment sensor unit, a high-resolution digital particle image velocimetry (PIV) system was used to achieve flow field measurements to quantify the characteristics of the turbulent vortex flow in the near wake of the wind turbine model. Besides conducting “free-run” PIV measurements to determine the ensemble-averaged statistics of the flow quantities such as mean velocity, Reynolds stress, and turbulence kinetic energy (TKE) distributions in the wake flow, “phase-locked” PIV measurements were also performed to elucidate further details about evolution of the unsteady vortex structures in the wake flow in relation to the position of the rotating turbine blades. The effects of the tip-speed-ratio of the wind turbine model on the dynamic wind loads and wake flow characteristics were quantified in the terms of the variations of the aerodynamic thrust and bending moment coefficients of the wind turbine model, the evolution of the helical tip vortices and the unsteady vortices shedding from the blade roots and turbine nacelle, the deceleration of the incoming airflows after passing the rotation disk of the turbine blades, the TKE and Reynolds stress distributions in the near wake of the wind turbine model. The detailed flow field measurements were correlated with the dynamic wind load measurements to elucidate underlying physics in order to gain further insight into the characteristics of the dynamic wind loads and turbulent vortex flows in the wakes of wind turbines for the optimal design of the wind turbines operating in atmospheric boundary layer winds.     

Modelling of inflow-conditions for vortex particle methods to simulate atmospheric turbulence and its induced aerodynamic admittance on line-like bluff bodies

ABSTRACT

This paper presents a novel method for the simulation of aerodynamic admittance of turbulent wind on bluff line-like structures using a pseudo 3D model of Vortex Particle Method (VPM). The method is a computationally efficient extension of the 2D VPM, where a coupled set of simulation slices accounts for the 3D nature of the oncoming wind flow. Pre-computed vortex particles are seeded in each of the parallel 2D simulation slices in order to model the turbulent velocity perturbations. Here, the modelling of the inflow seeding particles is enhanced, reducing the computational cost and allowing extendibility into quasi 3D domain. This a priori computation of the seeding vortex particles is based on modelling the atmospheric turbulence characteristics. The method is applied to simulate turbulent flow around an infinitesimally thin flat-plate, to asses its validity at the viscous-rotational boundary layer, which is important for accurate fluid-structure Interaction simulations. Furthermore, sensitivity analysis to different attributes is assessed     

An experimental study of a high-rise building model in tornado-like winds

An experimental study was conducted to quantify the characteristics of wake vortex and flow structures around a high-rise building model as well as the resultant wind loads (both forces and moments) acting on the test model in tornado-like winds. In addition to measuring wind loads acting on the tested high-rise building model using a high-sensitivity load cell, a digital Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) system was used to conduct detailed flow field measurements to quantify the evolution of the unsteady vortex and turbulent flow structures around the test model in tornado-like winds. The measurement results revealed clearly that the evolution of the wake vortex and turbulent flow structures around the test model as well as the resultant wind loads induced by tornado-like winds were significantly different from those in conventional straight-line winds. The detailed flow field measurements were correlated with the wind load measurement data to elucidate the underlying physics to gain further insight into the flow-structure interactions between the tested high-rise building model and tornado-like vortex. The new findings derived from the present study could be used to provide more accurate prediction of wind damage potential to built environment with the ultimate goal of reducing life loss, injury casualty, and economic loss that results from tornados.     

An experimental investigation on the characteristics of fluid–structure interactions of a wind turbine model sited in microburst-like winds

An experimental investigation is performed to assess the characteristics of the fluid–structure interactions and microburst-induced wind loads acting on a wind turbine model sited in microburst-liked winds. The experiment study was conducted with a scaled wind turbine model placed in microburst-like winds generated by using an impinging-jet-typed microburst simulator. In addition to quantifying complex flow features of microburst-like winds, the resultant wind loads acting on the turbine model were measured by using a high-sensitive force–moment sensor as the turbine model was mounted at different radial locations and with different orientation angles with respect to the oncoming microburst-like winds. The measurement results reveal clearly that, the microburst-induced wind loads acting on the turbine model were distinctly different from those in a conventional atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) wind. With the scales of the wind turbine model and the microburst-like wind used in the present study, the dynamic wind loadings acting on the turbine model were found to be significantly higher (i.e., up to 4 times higher for the mean loads, and up to 10 times higher for the fluctuation amplitudes) than those with the same turbine model sited in ABL winds. Both the mean values and fluctuation amplitudes of the microburst-induced wind loads were found to vary significantly with the changes of the mounted site of the turbine model, the operating status (i.e., with the turbine blades stationary or freely rotating), and the orientation angle of the turbine model with respect to the oncoming microburst-like wind. The dynamic wind load measurements were correlated to the flow characteristics of the microburst-like winds to elucidate underlying physics. The findings of the present study are helpful to gain further insight into the potential damage caused by the violent microbursts to wind turbines to ensure safer and more efficient operation of the wind turbines in thunderstorm-prone areas.     

Experimental investigation on the wake interference among wind turbines sited in atmospheric boundary layer winds

We examined experimentally the effects of incom-ing surface wind on the turbine wake and the wake interfer-ence among upstream and downstream wind turbines sited in atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) winds. The experi-ment was conducted in a large-scale ABL wind tunnel with scaled wind turbine models mounted in different incom-ing surface winds simulating the ABL winds over typical offshore/onshore wind farms. Power outputs and dynamic loadings acting on the turbine models and the wake flow char-acteristics behind the turbine models were quantified. The results revealed that the incoming surface winds significantly affect the turbine wake characteristics and wake interference between the upstream and downstream turbines. The velocity deficits in the turbine wakes recover faster in the incoming surface winds with relatively high turbulence levels. Varia-tions of the power outputs and dynamic wind loadings acting on the downstream turbines sited in the wakes of upstream turbines are correlated well with the turbine wakes charac-teristics. At the same downstream locations, the downstream turbines have higher power outputs and experience greater static and fatigue loadings in the inflow with relatively high turbulence level, suggesting a smaller effect of wake inter-ference for the turbines sited in onshore wind farms.