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APPLYING CFD TO ENVIRONMENTAL FLOWS Eric N Jal Connell Wagner Pty Ltd 60 Albert Road South Melbourne Victoria AUSTRALIA E-mail: JalE@ Date: December 2003 Computer: Intel Pentium IV 1.7GHz Operating System: MS Windows 2000 PHOENICS Version: 3.5 ABSTRACT Environmental flow modelling can be achieved via the utilisation of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) techniques. CFD can provide significant cost benefits for assessing and optimising engineering design solutions related to environmental concerns. For instance, environmental consequences within the built environment, which primarily relate to wind engineering design issues, are increasingly becoming a more crucial and fundamental part of the engineering project development. This paper will present several case study applications of the PHOENICS CFD code in the engineering design development process through the use of environmental flow modelling. Various project applications relating to exhaust emissions, pedestrian comfort, airborne dispersion and snow deposition will be presented and discussed. By using CFD in this manner it is anticipated that these types of advanced performance-based studies will be a useful tool and essential aid for urban designers and environmental planners. INTRODUCTION Quite often for a major construction project an environmental audit will be included as part of the scope. This is necessary to address both the short-term and long-term impacts and to ensure that the consequences caused by the engineering scheme have minimal impact on both the environment and occupants using the space. As such environmental consequences within the built environment, which primarily relate to wind engineering design issues, are now a crucial and fundamental part of the engineering project development process. With the growing public awareness of the need for environmental protection, it is apparent that state-of-the-art technology will become increasingly important in all aspects of environmental ma