Blockage Effects in Wind Tunnel Tests for Tall Buildings with Surrounding Buildings

Author:

Wang LeiORCID,Shi Fen,Wang Zheng,Liang Shuguo

Abstract

To study the blockage effects in wind tunnel tests for tall buildings with surrounding buildings and establish a reasonable calculation method for the blockage ratio, this paper carried out fifty-one test conditions of pressure model wind tunnel tests with three scale ratios. The tests considered the relative location, relative height, and model number of the surrounding buildings to those of the target building by the rigid pressure models. Based on the wind tunnel tests, the blockage effects on the pressure coefficients and drag coefficients were studied in detail. The results showed that the blockage effects were different when the relative positions of the surrounding models to the target model were different, even if the blockage ratio was the same. The blockage effects caused by the surrounding models with unit blockage ratio were usually more significant than those caused by the target pressure-measuring model itself. The existing correction methods for the blockage effects are mainly derived from the wind tunnel tests of an isolated building model. Using existing calculations to evaluate the blockage effect of wind tunnel tests for tall buildings with surrounding buildings may result in obvious deviations. Finally, the concept of the equivalent blockage ratio was proposed, which can be used to calculate the blockage ratio of wind tunnel tests of tall buildings with surrounding buildings. The proposed calculation method of this equivalent blockage ratio can provide a reference for the determination of scale ratios for wind tunnel test models of tall buildings.

Funder

National Natural Science Foundation of China

Publisher

MDPI AG

Subject

Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes,Computer Science Applications,Process Chemistry and Technology,General Engineering,Instrumentation,General Materials Science

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