High-resolution wind-driven rain measurements on a low-rise building - Experimental data for model development and model validation

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics

Volumn 93, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 905-928

  Blocken, Bert ^a   Carmeliet, Jan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Air flow; Building; Coefficient; Driving rain; Experimental database; Guidelines; Numerical simulation; Raindrop; Validation; Web file download; Wind driven rain

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; FACADES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WEBSITES; WIND EFFECTS;

AIR FLOW; DRIVING RAIN; MODEL VALIDATION; RAINDROP; WEB FILE DOWNLOAD; WIND-DRIVEN RAIN;

RAIN;

AERODYNAMICS; BUILDING; MODELING; RAIN;

EID: 29444456272     PISSN: 01676105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jweia.2005.09.004     Document Type: Article

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