AN APPLICATION OF LARGE EDDY SIMULATION (LES) IN THE WIND MITIGATION OF HIGH

PRECISION INTERFEROMETRIC OPTICAL TESTING STRUCTURES

ABSTRACT
The project will mainly focus on wind flow dynamics in the complex terrain boundary layer, in
particular the interaction of flows of different scales and different directions at the location. We also focus on the
synoptic wind flow interactions with the mono and two-mountain system under neutral and stratified flow
conditions. The large eddy simulation (LES) or direct numerical simulation (DNS) techniques are be used to
numerically simulate unsteady flow phenomena to get more accurate results. LES is appropriate for the
applications like wind load estimations because its computational power and memory requirements are
comparatively reasonable. The present work is carried out to figure out the discusses the applicability of LES to
estimate the wind loads under the plateau conditions of Hingoli and help in understanding the effects of wind
loads on the super sensitive high precision optical instrumentation loaded structures that are going to be designed
for (InDIGO) LiGO India. This project proposes a procedure for predicting the wind loads on the structures that
contain the high precision Interferometric optical instrumentation of Laser Interferometric gravitational wave
observatory planned in the Hingoli district, Maharashtra, India.

LES is absolutely capable of providing accurate predictions comparable to wind tunnel data which can
be experimental. Reduction in CPU time and price and improvement that is innovative of algorithms are
expected to solve the problem of time and price. It could be much interesting to develop a mathematical model
that is quite suitable to attack by numerical scheme like LES in the wind mitigation of highly sophisticated and
high sensitive instrumentation and experimental setup like that of InDIGO . The advanced numerical techniques
which takes in lot of memory and computational time like direct numerical simulation (DNS) or large eddy
simulation (LES) though expensive provides more valid and hence highly adaptable system of mathematical
model to understand the physics of wind flow over terrain and open fields and interference or load it exerts on
the structures otherwise need to be insanely accurate LES would work for wind mitigation kind of engineering
applications because its suitability and high computational power this is really computational and requirements
are reasonable. The analysis that is current the applicability of LES an array of issues such as wind mitigating
structures and forecast of wind loads that might affect the structurally vibrations and more over it predicts tha
right estimation of turbulence in the gusts and frequency modulation of structures due to wind loads and finally
the atmospheric diffusion in such areas. To date, numerical validation has been performed primarily in contrast
with experimental data. However, when contemplating the complexity of actual conditions even though the wind
this is actually natural; direct comparison with full-scale measurement info is important in most cases to verify
the potency of LES in wind engineering. LES is truly a strong device for turbulent flow analysis in to the
computational fluid dynamics. Growth of a mathematical model that is more appropriate and numerically better
enabled such as LES should predict wind/gust flow around structures very near the actual figures. Therefore, the
practical usage of LES in wind engineering is strongly suggested. We discuss the applicability of LES to wind-
resistant design of such structures in which the super sensitive and crucially critical optical instrumentation is
placed. The wind velocity and its affect on the terrain or ground surface and its roughness are actually inevitable
ingredients for projects like Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) in India. Moreover
the atmospheric dispersion of mass and heat in such areas like Hingoli is also very significant. If the current state
and potential for the application of LES for the wind mitigation is examined to estimate the wind or such natural
phenomena either full or scaled it has been implemented by many for such applications sometimes the results are
better than the wind tunnel test data.

In the initial attempt the approximate two dimensional flow is modeled which is expected to give the
basic results and will be taken as an input for 3D natural flows, but the idealized flow model will be developed at
the location offers unique opportunities for other scientists working on the project to work synergistically with
numerical and laboratory modelers. The prediction of wind velocity are usually affected by terrain or ground
surface conditions and estimation of turbulence structures and atmospheric diffusion in the region like Hingoli.
The numerical validation has to be performed mainly when comparing to experimental data taken on location,
however an example wind tunnel test outcomes are compared therefore the primary results will soon be
validated. It is actually made categorically clear that by thinking about the complexity of actual conditions even
though the natural wind environment, direct comparison with full-scale measurement info is very important in at
the minimum few cases to verify the potency of LES model generated and computed.