Comparison of cpe Values from CFD and Wind Tunnel Testing for Various Surface Roughnesses

This paper presents a comparative analysis of the pressure coefficient (cpe) values obtained through wind tunnel experiments and CFD simulations using two approaches for modeling surface roughness i.e, geometrically explicit roughness and equivalent roughness constants in ANSYS Fluent. Five levels o...

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Main Authors: Cruz Samuel, Palko Milan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2025-06-01
Series:Slovak Journal of Civil Engineering
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/sjce-2025-0013
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description This paper presents a comparative analysis of the pressure coefficient (cpe) values obtained through wind tunnel experiments and CFD simulations using two approaches for modeling surface roughness i.e, geometrically explicit roughness and equivalent roughness constants in ANSYS Fluent. Five levels of surface roughness were analyzed to assess whether simplified roughness constants can sufficiently approximate geometrically modeled surfaces. The results show close agreement for most cases, which indicates the potential for computational simplification.
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spelling doaj-art-51e64472f3bf446382023da2f109c77e2025-08-20T02:42:46ZengSciendoSlovak Journal of Civil Engineering1338-39732025-06-01332647110.2478/sjce-2025-0013Comparison of cpe Values from CFD and Wind Tunnel Testing for Various Surface RoughnessesCruz Samuel0Palko Milan11Dept. of Building Construction, Faculty of Civil EngineeringSTU Bratislava, Slovakia1Dept. of Building Construction, Faculty of Civil EngineeringSTU Bratislava, SlovakiaThis paper presents a comparative analysis of the pressure coefficient (cpe) values obtained through wind tunnel experiments and CFD simulations using two approaches for modeling surface roughness i.e, geometrically explicit roughness and equivalent roughness constants in ANSYS Fluent. Five levels of surface roughness were analyzed to assess whether simplified roughness constants can sufficiently approximate geometrically modeled surfaces. The results show close agreement for most cases, which indicates the potential for computational simplification.https://doi.org/10.2478/sjce-2025-0013cpecfdroughness modelingfluentwind tunnelturbulence
spellingShingle Cruz Samuel
Palko Milan
Comparison of cpe Values from CFD and Wind Tunnel Testing for Various Surface Roughnesses
Slovak Journal of Civil Engineering
cpe
cfd
roughness modeling
fluent
wind tunnel
turbulence
title Comparison of cpe Values from CFD and Wind Tunnel Testing for Various Surface Roughnesses
title_full Comparison of cpe Values from CFD and Wind Tunnel Testing for Various Surface Roughnesses
title_fullStr Comparison of cpe Values from CFD and Wind Tunnel Testing for Various Surface Roughnesses
title_full_unstemmed Comparison of cpe Values from CFD and Wind Tunnel Testing for Various Surface Roughnesses
title_short Comparison of cpe Values from CFD and Wind Tunnel Testing for Various Surface Roughnesses
title_sort comparison of cpe values from cfd and wind tunnel testing for various surface roughnesses
topic cpe
cfd
roughness modeling
fluent
wind tunnel
turbulence
url https://doi.org/10.2478/sjce-2025-0013
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