The pressure-field characteristics around porous wind fences: results of a wind tunnel study

Using detailed measurements of the instantaneous velocity fields around fences with different heights and porosities, the pressure fields around the fences were calculated using the Reynolds equations. Based on the results of calculation, the relationships among the pressure field, fence porosity (i.e., the β coefficient), fence height, and free-stream wind velocity were examined. For all fences, a high-pressure region exists upwind of the fence, and a low-pressure region exists downwind of the fence, the change of mean pressure is gradually less to a long distance from the fence. The pressure value at the center of the low-pressure area downwind of the fence decreases with increasing fence height and free-stream wind velocity. The impact of the fence’s porosity on pressure is large, when β < 0.2, the mean pressure upwind of the fence is relatively small, and the center value of the low-pressure area downwind of the fence increases with increasing fence porosity; when β > 0.3, the mean pressure increases around the fence.