File Download

There are no files associated with this item.

  Links for fulltext
     (May Require Subscription)
Supplementary

Article: Computational fluid dynamics simulation of the wind flow over an airport terminal building

TitleComputational fluid dynamics simulation of the wind flow over an airport terminal building
Authors
KeywordsΚ-Ε
Aviation Safety
Building Aerodynamics
Computational Fluid Dynamics (Cfd)
Tropical Cyclone
Turbulence Model
Issue Date2010
PublisherZheijiang University Press. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.zju.edu.cn/jzus
Citation
Journal Of Zhejiang University: Science A, 2010, v. 11 n. 6, p. 389-401 How to Cite?
AbstractTurbulence in the wake generated by wind flow over buildings or obstacles may produce complex flow patterns in downstream areas. Examples include the recirculating flow and wind deficit areas behind an airport terminal building and their potential impacts on the aircraft landing on nearby runways. A computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation of the wind flow over an airport terminal building was performed in this study of the effect of the building wake on landing aircraft. Under normal meteorological conditions, the studied airport terminal building causes limited effects on landing aircraft because most of the aircraft have already landed before entering the turbulent wake region. By simulating the approach of a tropical cyclone, additional CFD sensitivity tests were performed to study the impacts of building wake under extreme meteorological conditions. It was found that, in a narrow range of prevalent wind directions with wind speeds larger than a certain threshold value, a substantial drop in wind speed (>3.6 m/s) along the glide path of aircraft was observed in the building wake. Our CFD results also showed that under the most critical situation, a drop in wind speed as large as 6.4 m/s occurred right at the touchdown point of landing aircraft on the runway, an effect which may have a significant impact on aircraft operations. This study indicated that a comprehensive analysis of the potential impacts of building wake on aircraft operations should be carried out for airport terminals and associated buildings in airfields to ensure safe aviation operation under all meteorological conditions and to facilitate implementation of precautionary measures. © 2010 Zhejiang University and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg .
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/157075
ISSN
2021 Impact Factor: 2.485
2020 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.430
ISI Accession Number ID
Funding AgencyGrant Number
University of Hong Kong, China
Funding Information:

Project supported by the Committee for Research and Conference Grants (CRCG) of The University of Hong Kong, China

References

 

DC FieldValueLanguage
dc.contributor.authorLiu, CHen_US
dc.contributor.authorLeung, DYCen_US
dc.contributor.authorMan, ACSen_US
dc.contributor.authorChan, PWen_US
dc.date.accessioned2012-08-08T08:45:13Z-
dc.date.available2012-08-08T08:45:13Z-
dc.date.issued2010en_US
dc.identifier.citationJournal Of Zhejiang University: Science A, 2010, v. 11 n. 6, p. 389-401en_US
dc.identifier.issn1673-565Xen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/157075-
dc.description.abstractTurbulence in the wake generated by wind flow over buildings or obstacles may produce complex flow patterns in downstream areas. Examples include the recirculating flow and wind deficit areas behind an airport terminal building and their potential impacts on the aircraft landing on nearby runways. A computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation of the wind flow over an airport terminal building was performed in this study of the effect of the building wake on landing aircraft. Under normal meteorological conditions, the studied airport terminal building causes limited effects on landing aircraft because most of the aircraft have already landed before entering the turbulent wake region. By simulating the approach of a tropical cyclone, additional CFD sensitivity tests were performed to study the impacts of building wake under extreme meteorological conditions. It was found that, in a narrow range of prevalent wind directions with wind speeds larger than a certain threshold value, a substantial drop in wind speed (>3.6 m/s) along the glide path of aircraft was observed in the building wake. Our CFD results also showed that under the most critical situation, a drop in wind speed as large as 6.4 m/s occurred right at the touchdown point of landing aircraft on the runway, an effect which may have a significant impact on aircraft operations. This study indicated that a comprehensive analysis of the potential impacts of building wake on aircraft operations should be carried out for airport terminals and associated buildings in airfields to ensure safe aviation operation under all meteorological conditions and to facilitate implementation of precautionary measures. © 2010 Zhejiang University and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg .en_US
dc.languageengen_US
dc.publisherZheijiang University Press. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.zju.edu.cn/jzusen_US
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Zhejiang University: Science Aen_US
dc.subjectΚ-Εen_US
dc.subjectAviation Safetyen_US
dc.subjectBuilding Aerodynamicsen_US
dc.subjectComputational Fluid Dynamics (Cfd)en_US
dc.subjectTropical Cycloneen_US
dc.subjectTurbulence Modelen_US
dc.titleComputational fluid dynamics simulation of the wind flow over an airport terminal buildingen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.emailLiu, CH:chliu@hkucc.hku.hken_US
dc.identifier.emailLeung, DYC:ycleung@hku.hken_US
dc.identifier.authorityLiu, CH=rp00152en_US
dc.identifier.authorityLeung, DYC=rp00149en_US
dc.description.naturelink_to_subscribed_fulltexten_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1631/jzus.A0900449en_US
dc.identifier.scopuseid_2-s2.0-77954524610en_US
dc.identifier.hkuros171125-
dc.relation.referenceshttp://www.scopus.com/mlt/select.url?eid=2-s2.0-77954524610&selection=ref&src=s&origin=recordpageen_US
dc.identifier.volume11en_US
dc.identifier.issue6en_US
dc.identifier.spage389en_US
dc.identifier.epage401en_US
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000278155800001-
dc.publisher.placeChinaen_US
dc.identifier.scopusauthoridLiu, CH=36065161300en_US
dc.identifier.scopusauthoridLeung, DYC=7203002484en_US
dc.identifier.scopusauthoridMan, ACS=36190855600en_US
dc.identifier.scopusauthoridChan, PW=26434612500en_US
dc.identifier.citeulike7376309-
dc.identifier.issnl1673-565X-

Export via OAI-PMH Interface in XML Formats


OR


Export to Other Non-XML Formats