Title: Application of a modified version of RAMS model to simulate the flow and turbulence in the presence of buildings: the MUST COST732 exercise

Authors: S. Trini Castelli, T.G. Reisin

Addresses: Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (ISAC), National Research Council (C.N.R.), Corso Fiume 4, Torino – 10133, Italy. ' Soreq Nuclear Research Center, 81800 Yavne, Israel

Abstract: A modified version of the atmospheric model RAMS6.0 is used to simulate the flow in the MUST experiment, within the framework of the COST732 Action. A standard version of the k-ε turbulence closure model and its renormalisation group version, RNG k-ε, were implemented in the model. Simulations were performed to test the suitability of using the model to reproduce the flow and turbulence in the presence of buildings in a complex configuration. Wind speed and turbulent kinetic energy profiles from measurements and simulations with different turbulence schemes were compared. Preliminary results emphasise the difference between the different turbulence schemes.

Keywords: meteorology modelling; urban flow; turbulence modelling; MUST experiment; COST732 action; simulation; wind speed; turbulent kinetic energy; atmospheric models.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2011.038441

International Journal of Environment and Pollution, 2011 Vol.44 No.1/2/3/4, pp.394 - 402

Published online: 29 Apr 2015 *

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