SNOW DRIFT CONTROL IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS--FIELD MEASUREMENTS AND NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS

Snow drift in residential areas is mainly a result of an interaction between wind, snowfall, terrain, and buildings. Snow drift control is, in this context, a matter of understanding these parameters and considering them in planning and development. Before going into detailed planning, the dominating snow drifting winds and following main deposition and erosion zones have to be mapped, whether the snow drift problem concerns new development or existing residential areas. This paper considers numerical modeling and field measurements and observations of the dominating snow drifting wind over residential areas in Hammerfest, a town with heavy snow drifts located in the northern part of Norway. The resulting wind map was based on a simulation of the wind conditions over a 17 sq km area, with hilly and complex topography. A large set of field data consisting of measured snow drift directions, statistical wind data, and snow drift observations was used as basis and verification of the simulation. The numerical result was close to observed wind conditions. The three dimensional simulation was performed using Flow-3D, a commercially available computational fluid dynamics program.

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  AA Balkema

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  Rotterdam,   Netherlands  BR-3000
• Authors:
  • Sundsbo, P A
  • Bang, B
• Conference:
  • Snow Engineering: Recent Advances and Developments. Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Snow Engineering.
  • Location: Trondheim, Norway
  • Date: 2000-6-19 to 2000-6-21
• Publication Date: 2000

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; References;
• Pagination: p. 377-382

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Computer programs; Erosion; Field studies; Fluid dynamics; Hills; Location; Maps; Mathematical models; Residential areas; Simulation; Snowdrifts; Snowfall; Structural design; Structural engineering; Structures; Terrain; Topography; Wind
• Geographic Terms: Hammerfest (Norway)
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Geotechnology; Highways; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls; I42: Soil Mechanics;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00803963
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9058091481
• Contract Numbers: 06555167, ATM92-20009
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 7 2001 12:00AM