The influence of the of sheds geometry on the pressure coefficients of the surface of the closed buildings

Knowledge of the pressure distribution on building walls is important for the evaluation of wind loads and natural ventilation. Wind induced pressure distributions are influenced by a wide range of factors including urban surroundings and building geometry. However, the majority of these studies focused on simple building geometries without volume details such as shed roof. The lack of data for complex geometries leads designers to use existing databases for simple geometries which is not compatible with the pressure distribution on the building surfaces with complex geometries. In this study, the influence of geometry building on pressure coefficient distribution around closed buildings was investigated. Four models were evaluated. A reference case with simple geometry and three models with shed roofs are analyzed. Model 1 has orthogonal sheds on the roof; Models 2 and 3 have aerodynamic sheds on the roof. The methodology used is Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) simulation. It is shown that shed roof buildings can lead to very strong changes in the pressure distribution, because they introduce multiple areas of flow separation and recirculation across the facade. In addition, significant changes were identified with aerodynamic sheds in relation to orthogonal sheds.