Overview of three state-of-the-art wind-driven rain assessment models and comparison based on model theory

Building and Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 691-703

  Blocken, B ^a   Carmeliet, J ^b,c  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADMITTANCE FUNCTIONS; ASSESSMENT MODELS; CALCULATION MODELS; CFD MODELS; COMPARISON STUDY; INFLUENCING PARAMETERS; ISO STANDARDS; MODEL THEORY; RESEARCH RESULTS; SEMIEMPIRICAL MODELS; THREE MODELS; WIND SPEED; WIND-DRIVEN RAIN;

DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; RAIN;

TROPICAL ENGINEERING;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; MODELING; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; THEORETICAL STUDY; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 70449094664     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2009.08.007     Document Type: Article

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