Wind Effects on Rectangular and Triaxial Symmetrical Tall Building Having Equal Area and Height
Table 1
Mesh independent test result for model-A.
Name
Type of meshing
No of elements
Mean external pressure
% error
Reynold No
Face
A
B
C
D
A (%)
B (%)
C (%)
D (%)
GS-1
Coarse
957324
0.59
−0.49
−0.24
−0.49
36
32
26
32
3.56 × 106 to 3.90 × 106
GS-2
Medium-1
1284687
0.73
−0.56
−0.27
−0.56
10
16
12
16
GS-3
Medium-2
1439589
0.78
−0.64
−0.30
−0.64
3
2
0
2
GS-4
Medium-3
1561140
0.81
−0.69
−0.32
−0.69
1
5
6
5
GS-5
Fine
2497236
1.02
−0.98
−0.43
−0.98
33
33
30
33
Bold values are indicating that if the GS-3 case is adopted for the numerical simulation, then the percentage error will be less in comparison to other meshing cases investigated in this study.