Built Environment　Wind Engineering　CFD  Wind tunnel  Dispersion  Snowdrift



Prediction and evaluation of pedestrian wind environment using wind tunnel experiment

　　　
Left: The wind tunnel facility of Niigata Institute of Technology
Right: Scale model for a development project in Niigata city

Numerical prediction of flow field around buildings by CFD
Left: Analysis of flow structures around a high-rise building using LES
Right: CFD simulation of wind environment in downtown Niigata City

Physical and numerical simulations of pollutant dispersion around buildings
Left: Visualization of pollutant dispersion in a street canyon
Right: Iso-surface of instantaneous concentration inside a street canyon obtained by LES

CFD simulations of drifting and accumulating snow around buildings

　　　
Left: Visualization of snow particle dispersion around an actual building
Right: Predicted snow depth around a model building

Physical and numerical simulations on cross-ventilation flow of buildings
Left: Visualization of cross-ventilation flow of isolated building
Right: Wind tunnel experiment on cross-ventilation flow of isolated building

Utilization of wind energy in urban and building environment

 
Left: Vertical axix wind turbine power generation system at Niigata Institute of Technology
Right: Wind power generation monitoring system