An open source CFD study of air flow over complex terrain

Sylvie Fabre; Thomas Scanlon; Matthew Stickland; Andrew Oldroyd

An open source CFD study of air flow over complex terrain

Sylvie Fabre, Thomas Scanlon, Matthew Stickland, Andrew Oldroyd

Mechanical And Aerospace Engineering

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This paper presents an open source computational fluid dynamics (CFD) study of air flow over a complex terrain. The open source C++ toolbox OpenFOAM has been used for the CFD analysis and the terrain considered is a scale model of Berlengas Island, which lies close to the Portuguese coast. In order to validate the CFD model, experimental work has been carried out in an open-section wind tunnel using hot-wire anemometry to measure the wind profiles above the island. In the majority of cases, the OpenFOAM CFD solutions show very good agreement with the experimental wind profile data, confirming that open source CFD solutions are possible for environmental flows over complex terrain.

Original language	English
Number of pages	12
Journal	Wind Energy
Publication status	Unpublished - Oct 2011
Event	28th International Symposium on Shock Waves - Manchester, United Kingdom Duration: 17 Jul 2011 → 22 Jul 2011

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CFD
open source
validation
experimental
wind
complex terrain

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