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CCC: 6
PROCEEDINGS OF THE SEVENTEENTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CIVIL, STRUCTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING COMPUTING
Edited by: P. Ivanyi, J. Kruis and B.H.V. Topping
Paper 13.3

Simulation of simplified urban flows using Lattice Boltzmann Method

K.K. Maskey and R. Deiterding

Aerodynamics and Flight Mechanics Research Group, University of Southampton, United Kingdom

Full Bibliographic Reference for this paper
K.K. Maskey, R. Deiterding, "Simulation of simplified urban flows using Lattice Boltzmann Method", in P. Ivanyi, J. Kruis, B.H.V. Topping, (Editors), "Proceedings of the Seventeenth International Conference on Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering Computing", Civil-Comp Press, Edinburgh, UK, Online volume: CCC 6, Paper 13.3, 2023, doi:10.4203/ccc.6.13.3
Keywords: lattice Boltzmann method, Cartesian method, adaptive mesh refinement, urban flow.

Abstract
Simulations of urban environments can have substantial benefits to public safety. This can be in scenarios of danger assessment such as those related to the release of chemical and biological hazards. The currently used simple, semi-analytical models have trouble predicting realistic cases and hence require accurate aerodynamic simulations. LBM is used here since it produces high-fidelity simulations within a reasonable timescale. The LBM code is currently being developed based on the AMROC framework, which uses adaptive mesh refinement. Simulations have been conducted on cube configurations at various Reynolds numbers to simulate flow around buildings. The results show that the solver with adaptive mesh refinement can be used to efficiently solve atmospheric problems.

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