Tower Aerodynamic Behavior: A CFD Investigation of Burj Khalifa and Jeddah Tower — Ep 01
Tower Aerodynamic Behavior: A CFD Investigation of Burj Khalifa and Jeddah Tower
- Lesson
- 01
- Run Time
- 24m 18s
- Published
- Oct 17, 2026
- Category
- Aerodynamics & Aerospace
- Course Progress
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About This Lesson
- Tower aerodynamic project presents a CFD analysis of the Burj Khalifa (828 m) and Jeddah Tower (1000 m) under a steady 10 m/s wind using ANSYS Fluent.
- Geometries were built in SpaceClaim/Design Modeler and meshed in ANSYS Meshing, later converted into polyhedral elements for efficiency.
- A pressure-based steady solver with the Realizable k-ε turbulence model was applied, with velocity-inlet and pressure-outlet boundary conditions.
- Results show pressure drag dominates in both towers, while torque due to height is a critical factor, influenced strongly by tower geometry.