<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This paper describes model tests conducted at the Wind Engineering Laboratory of Cracow University of Technology as the first stage of studies on dynamic action on the atmospheric boundary layer in order to reduce the effects of air pollution and smog. It focuses on the cooperation between a series of ventilation towers placed one by one (or row by row) in order to generate a continuous airstream with sufficient velocity to aid the natural ventilation of urban areas. The tests were conducted for three different terrain categories with varying roughness. Also tested were different wind speeds, different spacing between the towers and different configurations of the towers in each row. As a preliminary set of tests, this enabled verification of the feasibility of the solution and its effectiveness on a rough terrain that simulates urban areas.</p></abstract>

This paper describes model tests conducted at the Wind Engineering Laboratory of Cracow University of Technology as the first stage of studies on dynamic action on the atmospheric boundary layer in order to reduce the effects of air pollution and smog. It focuses on the cooperation between a series of ventilation towers placed one by one (or row by row) in order to generate a continuous airstream with sufficient velocity to aid the natural ventilation of urban areas. The tests were conducted for three different terrain categories with varying roughness. Also tested were different wind speeds, different spacing between the towers and different configurations of the towers in each row. As a preliminary set of tests, this enabled verification of the feasibility of the solution and its effectiveness on a rough terrain that simulates urban areas.

Model Tests of Dynamic Action on the Atmospheric Boundary Layer – Linear Configuration of Ventilation Towers on a Rough Terrain

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This paper describes model tests conducted at the Wind Engineering Laboratory of Cracow University of Technology as the first stage of studies on dynamic...

Model Tests of Dynamic Action on the Atmospheric Boundary Layer – Linear Configuration of Ventilation Towers on a Rough Terrain

Published Online: May 16, 2020

Page range: 63 - 79

Received: Jun 03, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4467/2353737XCT.19.072.10723

Keywords
wind engineering, smog reduction, environmental engineering, urban ventilation, terrain roughness

© 2018 Łukasz Flaga et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Public License.

Model Tests of Dynamic Action on the Atmospheric Boundary Layer – Linear Configuration of Ventilation Towers on a Rough Terrain

Published Online: May 16, 2020

Page range: 63 - 79

Received: Jun 03, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4467/2353737XCT.19.072.10723

Keywordswind engineering, smog reduction, environmental engineering, urban ventilation, terrain roughness

© 2018 Łukasz Flaga et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Public License.

Keywords
wind engineering, smog reduction, environmental engineering, urban ventilation, terrain roughness