CFD Analysis of the Effect on Buoyancy Due to Terrain Temperature Based on an Integrated DEM and Landsat Infrared Imagery
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Buoyancy, Landsat, Digital Elevation Models, Computational Fluid Dynamics
Abstract
This paper deals with the influence of concrete structures on atmospheric temperatureand the convection winds generated in the Aburra Valley in Medell´ın,Colombia. This area is characterised by low wind velocities with a high industrydensity. A digital elevation model was used from the Radar ShuttleTopography Mission and post-processed in order to obtain a valid volumetricCFD domain. The construction process includes hole-filling due to imperfectionsin the original radar data, decimation of the original cloud-of-points to reduce the excess of detail in regions with low curvature, and the introductionof a volume of air over the terrain surface (CFD domain). Landsat satellitedata was used to set the terrain temperatures for various material compositions.The converted infrared image was then registered into the CFD domainusing an interpolation technique.
Navier–Stokes Equations were solved for buoyant, turbulent flow of compressiblefluids accounting for convection and heat transfer effects. Simulationincludes buoyancy and turbulence flow through the k–epsilon model using thehigh-performance computing facilities of Westgrid (Western Canada ResearchGrid). Preliminary results show wind distributions that compare to the oneobserved at low–altitude in the region.
PACS: 47, 95.55.Rg, 07.57.Kp
MSC: 76, 97M50
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