Title: Simulation of flow in an idealised city using various CFD codes

Authors: Istvan Goricsan, Marton Balczo, Miklos Balogh, Karoly Czader, Aniko Rakai, Csilla Tonko

Addresses: Department of Fluid Mechanics, Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME), 1111, Bertalan L. 4-6, Budapest, Hungary. ' Department of Fluid Mechanics, Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME), 1111, Bertalan L. 4-6, Budapest, Hungary. ' Department of Fluid Mechanics, Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME), 1111, Bertalan L. 4-6, Budapest, Hungary. ' Department of Fluid Mechanics, Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME), 1111, Bertalan L. 4-6, Budapest, Hungary. ' Department of Fluid Mechanics, Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME), 1111, Bertalan L. 4-6, Budapest, Hungary. ' Department of Fluid Mechanics, Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME), 1111, Bertalan L. 4-6, Budapest, Hungary

Abstract: In the framework of the COST 732 action, several teams run models to verify the proposed Best Practice Guideline (Franke et al., 2007). The data set concerns the Mock Urban Setting Test (MUST) experiment, where wind field and dispersion measurements were conducted for an array of obstacles as a full-scale experiment, as well as in a wind tunnel. The pollutant transport research group at the Department of Fluid Mechanics of the BME started simulations of flow within this idealised city using two commercial CFD codes, FLUENT and MISKAM. The paper presents results of the flow simulations in the 0 degree MUST case through velocity profiles, contour plots and validation metrics.

Keywords: atmospheric dispersion modelling; CFD; MISKAM; FLUENT; model validation; computational fluid dynamics; air quality; air pollution; simulation; pollutant transport; urban environments; flow patterns.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2011.038437

International Journal of Environment and Pollution, 2011 Vol.44 No.1/2/3/4, pp.359 - 367

Published online: 29 Apr 2015 *

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