Comparison of calculation models for wind-driven rain deposition on building facades

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 1714-1725

  Blocken, B ^a   Dezso G ^b   van Beeck, J ^b   Carmeliet, J ^c,d  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b VON KARMAN INSTITUTE FOR FLUID DYNAMICS   (Belgium)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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

Author keywords

Atmospheric deposition; Computational fluid dynamics; Driving rain; Model intercomparison; Numerical simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEPOSITION; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; FACADES; ISO STANDARDS; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; RAIN; RHODIUM COMPOUNDS;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTANTS; DRIVING RAIN; DRY AND WET DEPOSITIONS; MODEL INTER COMPARISONS; SEMI-EMPIRICAL MODELING; STEADY-STATE CONDITION; WIND-DRIVEN RAIN (WDR);

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

RAIN;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BUILDING; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DRY DEPOSITION; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; WET DEPOSITION; WIND DIRECTION;

ACCURACY; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; BUILDING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEADY STATE; WIND;

EID: 77950630412     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.02.011     Document Type: Article

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